Independent Novel Menu 2: Vocabulary, Literary Terms

MENU TWO: LITERARY TERMS: If you know all of these terms and can prove it with Mr. McLaughlin, you do not need to complete this menu. Everyone will take a paper/pencil exam on these terms at the end fo the two weeks and two weekends.

stream-of-conscious
inciting action
limited omniscient
omniscient
static character
dynamic character
characterization
protagonist
antagonist
exposition
dramatic irony
symbol
mood
external conflict
internal conflict
dialogue
falling action
climax/reversal
metaphor
rising action
point of view
theme
fiction
plot
setting
narrator

• 1. Literary Term Log (quote the page number for each word used). Choose the literary terms that are unfamiliar to you. Record the dictionary/text definition for each word. Find an example of this literary term.
• 2. Create a crossword with 10 words across and 10 down. Provide a definition or an example for each literary term and the answer key.
http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html
http://www.edhelper.com/crossword.htm


• 3. Complete Frayer Models for terms that you do not know. Find an example of each term used in your novel or write a sentence where the meaning of the term is clear based on the context clues that you use.
http://www.longwood.edu/staff/jonescd/projects/educ530/aboxley/graphicorg/fraym.htm
 http://www.justreadnow.com/strategies/frayer.htm

• 4. Complete Vocabulary Frames for terms that you do not know. Find an example of each term used in your novel or write a sentence where the meaning of the term is clear based on the context clues that you use. http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/resources/PDF/GOOD_TV_3_6_pdf_s/62177_InRCd_77.pdf
• 5. Show us two examples of this term from the novel. Write down the example and in 10 words or less, tell us why this is an example of the definition.

• 6. Create your own assignment using the literary terms that you do not understand in a creative way that shows you understand the meaning and are learning new vocabulary.