Sociograms
A sociogram is a visual representation or map of the relationships between individuals.
Literary sociogram
A literary sociogram is a visual representation of the relationships among characters within a literary work. Creating a sociogram may help you think more deeply about the characters and the story in general. Here are some ideas to help you create your sociogram:
Place the main character/s at the center of the diagram or make sure they are the focal point.
Use size of character representation, distance between characters and place on the page to illustrate various aspects of the relationship.
Allow the character’s shape, representation, and size to be a metaphor for their personality, importance, power, lack of power, etc.
Use arrows or lines of different shapes, sizes and directions to depict the nature of the relationship. is it a one-way relationship or are their mutual feelings etc.
Use solid lines to represent strong, explicit relationships, broken or discontinuous line to represent broken or ambiguous relationships and jagged or zig-zag lines for volatile or dysfunctional relationships
You may also want to use solid lines to circle active characters and indicate less active, dead or otherwise missing characters with broken lines
Illustrate the character’s personality through color or symbols,
Don’t hesitate to use descriptive words around or near a character to help illustrate the qualities of relationships or characters, be creative! You may also want to use words or symbols to express how or what might influence the character.
Adapted from: https://sites.google.com/site/contentarealiteracy2009to2010/home/ela-and-literacy/group-3---ela/lessons/kate-lesson
Literary sociogram
A literary sociogram is a visual representation of the relationships among characters within a literary work. Creating a sociogram may help you think more deeply about the characters and the story in general. Here are some ideas to help you create your sociogram:
Place the main character/s at the center of the diagram or make sure they are the focal point.
Use size of character representation, distance between characters and place on the page to illustrate various aspects of the relationship.
Allow the character’s shape, representation, and size to be a metaphor for their personality, importance, power, lack of power, etc.
Use arrows or lines of different shapes, sizes and directions to depict the nature of the relationship. is it a one-way relationship or are their mutual feelings etc.
Use solid lines to represent strong, explicit relationships, broken or discontinuous line to represent broken or ambiguous relationships and jagged or zig-zag lines for volatile or dysfunctional relationships
You may also want to use solid lines to circle active characters and indicate less active, dead or otherwise missing characters with broken lines
Illustrate the character’s personality through color or symbols,
Don’t hesitate to use descriptive words around or near a character to help illustrate the qualities of relationships or characters, be creative! You may also want to use words or symbols to express how or what might influence the character.
Adapted from: https://sites.google.com/site/contentarealiteracy2009to2010/home/ela-and-literacy/group-3---ela/lessons/kate-lesson