https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1 en-us 2022-08-15 14:47:31 UTC 2025-06-17 13:15:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261300561 the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.]]> 2022-08-15 15:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261300561 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261304613 a setting forth of the meaning or purpose]]> 2022-08-15 15:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261304613 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261306674 Rising action is what happens in a story leading up to the most exciting part of a story.]]> 2022-08-15 15:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261306674 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261309025 the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.]]> 2022-08-15 15:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261309025 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261310248 In storytelling, falling action refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-15 15:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261310248 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261349964 Resolution is the conclusion of a story's plot and is a part of a complete conclusion to a story.]]> 2022-08-15 15:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261349964 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261353256 A setting is the time and place in which a story is told.]]> 2022-08-15 15:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261353256 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261355572 the protagonist is the main character and the antagonist is the opposing one.]]> 2022-08-15 16:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261355572 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261358982 a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.]]> 2022-08-15 16:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261358982 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261360492 Internal conflict is a struggle within a person's mind over a problem or question.]]> 2022-08-15 16:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261360492 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261364881 A situation in which two characters have opposing desires or interests.]]> 2022-08-15 16:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261364881 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261367729 The man vs. society conflict denotes a story in which an individual (or a small group of individuals) chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community.]]> 2022-08-15 16:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261367729 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261371278 In man versus nature conflict, the protagonist is hindered by or fighting against natural forces like weather, animals, or climate change.]]> 2022-08-15 16:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261371278 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261373486 Man vs. technology is a type of literary conflict in which a character faces technology (such as a robot, a machine, or a mechanical failure) and must prevail against it.]]> 2022-08-15 16:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261373486 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261375874 the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.]]> 2022-08-15 16:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2261375874 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265639562 the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.]]> 2022-08-19 16:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265639562 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265641245 the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.]]> 2022-08-19 16:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265641245 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265645291 A connotation is the feeling a word invokes. A denotation is what the word literally says.]]> 2022-08-19 16:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265645291 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265647422 the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.]]> 2022-08-19 16:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265647422 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265648867 a temporary state of mind or feeling.]]> 2022-08-19 16:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2265648867 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271531136 In fiction, a flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins.]]> 2022-08-25 14:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271531136 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271532973 In fiction, a flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins.]]> 2022-08-25 14:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271532973 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271555359 Parallelism is a literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction.]]> 2022-08-25 15:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271555359 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271557806 point of view, in literature, the vantage point from which a story is presented.]]> 2022-08-25 15:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271557806 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271610515 In first-person narration, the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.]]> 2022-08-25 15:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271610515 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271613282 Second-person narration a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you.]]> 2022-08-25 15:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271613282 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271615457 In third-person objective narration, the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-08-25 15:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271615457 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271618483 A third person limited narrator has access to the thoughts and emotions of just one character.]]> 2022-08-25 15:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271618483 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271620816 In third person omniscient, the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.]]> 2022-08-25 15:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2271620816 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2280928773 a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as]]> 2022-09-02 16:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2280928773 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286235487 A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike. An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.]]> 2022-09-07 11:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286235487 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286236751 Personification is a poetic literary device in which non-living things are given human traits.]]> 2022-09-07 11:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286236751 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286238245 hyperbole, a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.]]> 2022-09-07 11:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286238245 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286239817 Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things.]]> 2022-09-07 11:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286239817 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286241310 it is a rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions.]]> 2022-09-07 11:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286241310 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286243085 A euphemism is an appropriate expression used in the place of a phrase or words that may be found inappropriate or offensive.]]> 2022-09-07 11:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286243085 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286245023 Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.]]> 2022-09-07 11:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286245023 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286246455 Assonance, or “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.]]> 2022-09-07 11:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286246455 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286249220 Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect.]]> 2022-09-07 11:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286249220 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286251209 A cliché (UK: /ˈkliːʃeɪ/ or US: /kliˈʃeɪ/) is an element of an artistic work, saying, or idea that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.]]> 2022-09-07 11:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286251209 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286253087 An idiom is a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.]]> 2022-09-07 11:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286253087 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286254944 A pun is a play on words, centering on a word with more than one meaning or words that sound alike.]]> 2022-09-07 11:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2286254944 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294085014 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.]]> 2022-09-13 11:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294085014 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294086601 Verbal irony occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to say.]]> 2022-09-13 11:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294086601 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294089197 Situational irony involves a striking reversal of what is expected or intended: a person sidesteps a pothole to avoid injury and in doing so steps into another pothole and injures themselves.]]> 2022-09-13 11:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294089197 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294091785 Dramatic irony is a situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do.]]> 2022-09-13 11:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2294091785 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296681379 Characterization is a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers.]]> 2022-09-14 16:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296681379 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296682892 The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.]]> 2022-09-14 16:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296682892 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296684672 Indirect characterization is a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.]]> 2022-09-14 16:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296684672 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296688889 A static character is one that does not undergo inner changes, or undergoes a little change.]]> 2022-09-14 16:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296688889 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296691530 In literature, a dynamic character is one that undergoes an inner change within the story, such as a change to their personality or an attitude change.]]> 2022-09-14 16:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296691530 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296693646 A flat character is a type of character in fiction that does not change too much from the start of the narrative to its end.]]> 2022-09-14 16:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2296693646 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298072638 round characters, characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.]]> 2022-09-15 11:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298072638 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298076472 Rhetoric is used in speech and writing to make a specific impact on the audience/reader.]]> 2022-09-15 11:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298076472 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298078030 Ethos is a rhetorical device that includes any content in an argument that is meant to appeal to ethics.]]> 2022-09-15 11:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298078030 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298080869 Pathos is a literary device that is designed to inspire emotions from readers.]]> 2022-09-15 11:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298080869 033621 https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298081153 Logos is a rhetorical or persuasive appeal to the audience's logic and rationality.]]> 2022-09-15 11:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/033621/1mz7n2aquc29q0z1/wish/2298081153