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Effectively persuading someone with Ethos, Pathos, or Logos

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The main events that take place in the story

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Plot Mountain! | The Plot Diagram Song | Scratch Garden

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Ethos- authority
Pathos- sadness, pity
Logos- logic

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Gives background info on the characters, setting, and conflict

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AKA Exposition, also builds tension for the Climax

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The "big reveal" happens and is the main point that drives the rest of the story

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The point of the story after the climax that relives tension and suspension that helps lead to the conclusion or a resolution

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Happens after the Climax and the Falling Action that resolves the conflict that was in the story

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When and where the story takes place

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Protagonist- The main character, or the person that is trying to reach the main goal

Antagonist- The character trying to prevent the Protagonist from reaction their goal

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl3e-OUnavQ

A disagreement between two characters in the story

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When a character has an internal struggle with something they both agree and disagree on that subject

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-Man vs. Man
Protagonist vs. Antagonist

-Man vs. Society
When a character has a strong belief that society doesn't agree with

-Man vs. Nature
Weather stalls the progression of the Protagonist reaching their goal

-Man vs. Technology
The Antagonist is technology, such as a droid, machine, or a mechanical malfunction

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An idea that reoccurs throughout the story/life of the Protagonist that usually plays an important role in the conclusion of the story.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iay2nukJafE

The authors choice of words to describe the story

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Determines how words and sentences from different parts of speech can be placed together

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKrbMfnbTa4

Connotation- A different use of words that is used to define a word

Denotation- the literal meaning of a word

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This video explains the difference between connotation and denotation. It is intended for use as direct instruction for a flipped classroom or as a supplemental material for remediation. It is aligned to the VASOL ELA7.4d: Identify Connotations. This is part of a larger lesson.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymti1BC8cE

Tone is used by the author to express their attitude or feelings towards the story

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Mood is the atmosphere of the story. It is set through the descriptions, setting, and attitude of the characters.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8RYLrDOFpw

A setting before current events in the story

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KppHn7mC-mk

A hint of what's going to happen later on in the story

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSaGHoKBcfc

A writing style where coordinate ideas are arranged to make sense

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nH5-xi76k

the perspective in which the story is told by the author

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First Person is a mode of storytelling in which  the main character recalls the story from their point of view. The author uses pronouns like, I, me, my, mine and myself, to let the reader know that the story is only in one persons perspective.

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Second person is similar to first, where you see the story through the main character, but the author directly tells you the, reader, what you're doing. An example of second person would be a "choose your own" adventure book.

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a figure of speech that compares things using like or as

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Metaphor- a figure of speech that may prove some clarity using another word that means the same thing or is similar

Extended Metaphor- a metaphor that is longer than one sentence. A monologue of just comparing words to each other

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giving a non living thing characteristics of something living

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exaggeration of emotions, also a figure of speech that should not be taken seriously

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A noun that has meaning by itself that is not what it actually is

Ex: the Bald Eagle; is a symbol of freedom in our country, but is actually just an endangered scavenger bird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYL8Dwy7XS0

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combines 2 opposites or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7zwUWf8G8

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech, usually one or two words, in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. This contradiction is also known as a paradox. Writers and poets have used it for centuries as a literary device to describe life's inherent conflicts and incongruities. In speech, oxymorons can lend a sense of humor, irony, or sarcasm.

Using Oxymorons

The word "oxymoron" is itself oxymoronic, which is to say contradictory. The word is derived from two ancient Greek words: oxys, which means "sharp," and moronos, which means "dull" or "stupid." Take this sentence, for example:

"This was a minor crisis and the only choice was to drop the product line," (Todd 2007).

There are two oxymorons in this sentence: "minor crisis" and "only choice." If you're learning English as a second language, you might be confused by these figures of speech. Read literally, they contradict themselves. A crisis is defined as a time of serious difficulty or importance. By that measure, no crisis is unimportant or minor. Similarly, "choice" implies more than one option, which is contradicted by "only," which implies the opposite.

But once you become fluent in English, it's easy to recognize such oxymorons for the figures of speech that they are. As the example's author, Richard Watson Todd, said, "The true beauty of oxymorons is that, unless we sit back and really think, we happily accept them as normal English."

Oxymorons have been used since the days of the ancient Greek poets. William Shakespeare was known to sprinkle them throughout his plays, poems, and sonnets. Oxymorons also feature in modern comedy and politics. The conservative political writer William Buckley, for instance, became famous for quotes like, "An intelligent liberal is an oxymoron."

100 Examples of Oxymorons

Like other kinds of figurative language, oxymorons (or oxymora) are often found in literature. As shown by this list of 100 awfully good examples, oxymorons are also part of our everyday speech. You'll find common figures of speech, plus references to works of classic and pop culture.

absent presence (Sidney 1591)

alone together

awful good

beggarly riches (Donne 1624)

bittersweet

brisk vacancy (Ashbery 1975)

cheerful pessimist

civil war

clearly misunderstood

comfortable misery (Koontz 2001)

conspicuous absence

cool passion

crash landing

cruel kindness

darkness visible (Milton 1667)

deafening silence

deceptively honest

definite maybe

deliberate speed

devout atheist

dull roar

eloquent silence

even odds

exact estimate

extinct life

falsely true (Tennyson 1862)

festive tranquility

found missing

freezer burn

friendly takeover

genuine imitation

good grief

growing smaller

guest host

historical present

humane slaughter

icy hot

idiot savant

ill health

impossible solution

intense apathy

joyful sadness

jumbo shrimp

larger half

lascivious grace (Shakespeare 1609)

lead balloon

liquid marble (Jonson 1601)

living dead

living end

living sacrifices

loosely sealed

loud whisper

loyal opposition

magic realism

melancholy merriment (Byron 1819)

militant pacifist

minor miracle

negative growth

negative income

old news

one-man band

only choice

openly deceptive

open secret

original copy

overbearingly modest

paper tablecloth

paper towel

peaceful conquest

plastic glasses

plastic silverware

poor health

pretty ugly

properly ridiculous

random order

recorded live

resident alien

sad smile

same difference

scalding coolness (Hemingway 1940)

seriously funny

shrewd dumbness

silent scream

small crowd

soft rock

"The Sound of Silence" (Simon 1965)

static flow

steel wool

student teacher

"sweet sorrow" (Shakespeare 1595)

terribly good

theoretical experience

transparent night (Whitman 1865)

true fiction

unbiased opinion

unconscious awareness

upward fall

wise fool

working vacation

Ashbery, John. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. Viking Press, 1975.

Byron, Lord. "Don Juan." 1819.

Donne, John. Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. 1624.

Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.

Jonson, Ben. "Poetaster." 1601.

Koontz, Dean. One Door Away From Heaven. Bantam Books, 2001.

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Samuel Simmons, 1667.

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. 1595.

Shakespeare, William. "Sonnet 40." 1609.

Sidney, Philip. Astrophel and Stella. 1591.

Simon, Paul. "The Sound of Silence." Tom Wilson, 1965.

Tennyson, Alfred. "Lancelot and Elaine." Idylls of the King. 1862.

Todd, Richard Watson. Much Ado About English: Up and Down the Bizarre Byways of a Fascinating Language. Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2007.

Whitman, Walt. "When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd." Sequel to Drum-Taps. 1865.

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech, usually one or two words, in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. This contradiction is also known as a paradox. Writers and poets have used it for centuries as a literary device to describe life's inherent conflicts and incongruities.

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A mild or indirect word or expression used for a word considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or horrible. A way of making something not as bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsVbHJNZ8E0

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Making a reference to someone that is a household name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUMOmBxC3Cg

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The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF0IUuDCtwM

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What is assonance? 🤔 | Assonance in English | Learn with examples

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The repetition of the same or similar initial constant sounds in words closes together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJmQr8IUxR4

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Poetic Devices: Alliteration - Examples & Meaning

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A word or phrase that is over used and has become lifeless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVIoUD88zfw

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An expression that cannot be interpreted literally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGTM3-OYQZg

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English Lesson #7 | 10 Common Idioms - Examples & Meanings Part 2

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A play on words based on multiple meanings of a single word or words that sound alike or mean something different

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM1WfTOgpA8

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What are puns? 🤔 | Puns in English | Learn with examples

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Objective- the author has a neutral opinion on the events of the story

Limited- the story focuses on only one person

Omniscient- the narrator knows everything in the story

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSnk7JpVE04

is the opposite of what is expected

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3 types of irony – Do you know the difference?

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a statement in which the speaker's words are incongruous with the speaker's intent.

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the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.

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the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

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the creation of a character, the character's stereotype if they have one

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the author directly tells you

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the author shows who a character is based on their actions in the story

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the character doesn't change at all through the story or series and is just there to be there

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the character changes throughout the story

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uncomplicated and usually don't change in the story

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undergo a change in the story that surprises the reader

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EaTZv0Y7QJkwKi2YJ5_f6anzZUd8rZ0YvKz0qs9wmZA/edit#slide=id.gca566f5800_0_77