https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5 World Lit - 1st en-us 2022-08-15 12:00:17 UTC 2025-06-17 16:42:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261173074 It is what happens in a story, the main events.]]> 2022-08-15 12:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261173074 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261173683 Rhetoric refers to the study and uses of written, spoken and visual language.]]> 2022-08-15 12:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261173683 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261176395 Ethos- Focuses attention on the writer's or speaker's trustworthiness.]]> 2022-08-15 12:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261176395 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261178934 The part of the story that: gives background information, tells the setting, the characters, and the main conflict.]]> 2022-08-15 12:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261178934 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261182344 The section of the story that leads toward its climax.]]> 2022-08-15 12:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261182344 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261183832 The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action]]> 2022-08-15 12:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261183832 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261185294 Actions and events that occur after the climax.]]> 2022-08-15 12:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261185294 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261185863 The end of the story.]]> 2022-08-15 12:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261185863 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261186714 The time and place in which a story is being told.]]> 2022-08-15 12:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261186714 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261187895 Protagonist is the good guy in the story while antagonist is the bad guy.]]> 2022-08-15 12:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261187895 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261191202 The struggle between opposing forces in a story. ]]> 2022-08-15 12:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261191202 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261191445 When a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-15 12:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261191445 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261194761 -man vs man (The lion king)
-man vs society (Hungry games)
-man vs nature (Castaways)
-man vs technology (Wall-E)
Sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.]]> 2022-08-15 12:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261194761 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261196861 The main idea or message about the story.]]> 2022-08-15 12:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2261196861 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265399724 The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.]]> 2022-08-19 11:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265399724 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265400938 The set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.]]> 2022-08-19 11:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265400938 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265402512 Denotation: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary.
Connotation: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.]]> 2022-08-19 11:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265402512 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265403523 The author's attitude toward his/her audience and characters or subject.]]> 2022-08-19 11:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265403523 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265404875 A mood is a feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character or the story.]]> 2022-08-19 11:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265404875 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265405689 A flashback is a transition in a story to an earlier time.]]> 2022-08-19 11:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265405689 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265406336 A narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-08-19 11:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265406336 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265406909 Parallelism is a literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction.]]> 2022-08-19 11:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2265406909 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268716497 The vantage point from which a story is presented.]]> 2022-08-23 12:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268716497 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268718893 A narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. (Uses "I")]]> 2022-08-23 12:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268718893 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268719674 The reader is immersed into the narrative as a character involved in the story (Uses "you")]]> 2022-08-23 12:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268719674 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268721058 The narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-08-23 12:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268721058 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268724349 A narration style that gives the perspective of a single character.]]> 2022-08-23 12:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268724349 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268725895 This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale, who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the story being told: diving into private thoughts, narrating secret or hidden events.]]> 2022-08-23 12:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2268725895 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271322504 A figure of speech comparing two, unlike things that are often introduced by like or as.

He runs as fast as a cheetah.
I moved like lightning when I saw the mouse crawl across the floor.

]]> 2022-08-25 11:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271322504 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271323475 A metaphor compares and equates two things that are not alike. An extended metaphor is a version of a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.

Metaphor- She is drowning in a sea of grief.
Extended metaphor- "Cause baby you're a firework Come and show them what you're worth Make them go oh, oh, oh. As you shoot across the sky."]]> 2022-08-25 11:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271323475 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271324638 Personification is a poetic literary device in which non-living things are given human traits.

-The walls were talking.
-The stairs screamed in agony as he began to climb them.]]> 2022-08-25 11:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271324638 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271325220 A figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.

-I have told you a million times to clean your room.]]> 2022-08-25 11:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271325220 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271375180 Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things.

-The flag still flew high in the sky. Flag- strength, freedom.
-She wore a white wedding gown. White- peace, innocents, purity.]]> 2022-08-25 12:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271375180 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271377294 It is a rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions.

-Jumbo shrimp, Bitter Sweet, Deafening Silence]]> 2022-08-25 12:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271377294 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271378582 A euphemism is the substitution of a less offensive or agreeable expression for an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.

-"We're going to have to let you go" Really saying: "YOU ARE FIRED!"
-Friendly Fire. Really: In the army, they have to kill their own people.]]> 2022-08-25 12:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271378582 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271381603 An implied or indirect reference especially in literature.

-He is a real Romeo. 
-He slapped like Will.
- He's got the Midas touch.]]> 2022-08-25 12:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271381603 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271383181 The repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.

- The tide rises, the tide falls.
- The Fat Cat Sat On A Mat inside a Hat.]]> 2022-08-25 12:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2271383181 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277585607 Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in words closed together.

- She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
- How much could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? ]]> 2022-08-31 11:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277585607 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277585839 A scenario or expression that is used excessively, to the point that it is considered unoriginal.

-pretty as a picture
-sweet as a pie
-love is blind]]> 2022-08-31 11:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277585839 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277585933 A widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.
-It's raining cats and dogs
-I lost my head.]]> 2022-08-31 11:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277585933 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277586125 A play on words that sound the same or similar is usually used for comic effect.
-Puns involving animals are amooseing.
-The sign on the lawn at the lawn rehab facility said: stay off the grass.]]> 2022-08-31 11:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277586125 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277592657 The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.]]> 2022-08-31 11:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2277592657 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296276342 When someone says one thing but really means the opposite.

Ex: Telling a quiet group, "Don't everybody speak all at once"]]> 2022-09-14 12:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296276342 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296277327 Situational irony is the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.

Ex: A fire station burns down]]> 2022-09-14 12:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296277327 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296278239 A literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.

Ex: Girl in horror film hides in closet where the killer just went]]> 2022-09-14 12:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296278239 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296281802 To persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.]]> 2022-09-14 12:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296281802 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296283163 To appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.]]> 2022-09-14 12:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296283163 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296285022 Characterization is a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers.]]> 2022-09-14 12:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296285022 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296286639 Consists of the author telling the audience what a character is like.]]> 2022-09-14 12:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296286639 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296287804 The author showing the audience what kind of person a character is through the character's thoughts, words, and deeds.]]> 2022-09-14 12:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296287804 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296289088 Is one that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end]]> 2022-09-14 12:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296289088 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296290022 A character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.]]> 2022-09-14 12:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296290022 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296290921 Two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.]]> 2022-09-14 12:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296290921 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296291908 Characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.]]> 2022-09-14 12:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2296291908 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2370051996 2022-11-04 13:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2370051996 033585 https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2443540575 2023-01-13 13:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033585/1b944i58tkbekeu5/wish/2443540575