Literature
Circles
Name: ______________________________
Composition 11
Mrs. Haagsma
Literary Terms
Setting - time, place, and social environment
Characters – individuals that are part of a story’s plot
Internal Conflict – usually a personal conflict faced by main character..
External Conflict – external factors (i.e., man vs. man, man vs. nature) that force a
character to make choices.
Plot – a series of linked events in a story that includes characters, rising action, climax,
and falling action, and includes conflict for character(s).
Flashback – when a former event or scene is inserted into a literacy piece.
Flash forward – when a future event or scene is inserted into a literary piece.
Figurative language – word, or group of words, that are exaggerated from the
literal meanings.
Similes - a comparison using one of the words, “like, as.”
Metaphors – comparison without using words “like, as.”
Idioms – a commonly used expression where its meaning does not relate to the literal
meaning.
Visual Imagery – mental pictures created from words written in stories.
Auditory Imagery – sounds created in a reader’s mind from words in a story.
Thermal Imagery – temperatures (hot, cold, mild etc.) created in a reader’s mind
based on words included in story (“…frozen ice dangling from windows…”)
Dialogue – words people use verbally to communicate thoughts, comments, including
a two-way conversation.
Internal dialogue – Dialog that occurs naturally in one’s mind when thinking.
Onomatopoeia – words written like a sound they define (i.e., hizz, fizz, brr).
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Write the
title and
author’s
name.
By____________
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Chapter One:
Characters:
Setting:
Vocabulary:
Summary:
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Chapter Two
Characters:
Conflict:
Vocabulary:
Summary:
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Chapter Three
Characters:
Conflict:
Vocabulary:
Summary:
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Chapter Four
Characters:
Visual imagery
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Vocabulary:
Summary:
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Chapter Five
Characters:
Setting:
Dialogue:
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Chapter Six
Characters:
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Chapter Seven
Characters:
Setting:
Auditory and/or thermal imagery
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Vocabulary Words:
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
Characters:
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Chapter Ten
Characters:
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Visual Imagery:
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Chapter Eleven
Characters:
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Chapter Twelve
Characters:
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Figurative Language
o Below, write examples of figurative language used by the
author, to convey a feeling, emotion, mood or theme.
o Provide examples of the following types of figurative
language from the story:
Simile
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Metaphor
Idiom