Literature Circles Role Sheet—Literary Elements Locater Name Circle Number

Literature Circles Role Sheet—Literary Elements Locater Name Circle Number

Literature Circles Role Sheet—Literary Elements Locater

Name Circle Number __________

Book Title Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapters/Parts _____12 to end_______

Language Locater

Your job is to be on the lookout for a few especially important words and phrases in the reading. If you find words or phrases that are puzzling or unfamiliar, if you find words or phrases that are essential to the plot, and/or if you find words or phrases that are important images, symbols, metaphors, etc., jot them down. Then, think about how the author used the word/phrases that you identified. Think about how this particular author is using words/language to enhance the tone and theme(s) of the novel.

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Page 277 topic of chapter 12, Dementor is a symbol of fear and those who destroy it. Dementor as the symbol of fear, in this chapter, foreshadows that the conflict of the novel would be a confrontation between Harry and his past through the act of forcing him to relieve the memory of his parents’ death.  Page 279 paragraph 4, the symbol of rat and the black dog foreshadowed about the truth behind said past.

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