Ask students, “What pictures do you get in your mind of this character, seting, or event?” “If character X were to come through the door now, what would he or she look like?” “If you went to the place...

Ask students, “What pictures do you get in your mind of this character, seting, or event?” “If character X were to come through the door now, what would he or she look like?” “If you went to the place where the story occurred (i.e., seting), what would you see?” “Why do you say so?”