Literary Elements Digital Notebook by KARLEE CHASTAIN https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv World Lit - 2nd en-us 2022-08-16 12:00:35 UTC 2025-06-17 16:58:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a4.png Plot 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262182326 The series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the story line. ]]> 2022-08-16 12:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262182326 Exposition 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262186452 One of the four major forms of discourse, in which something is explained and set fourth.]]> 2022-08-16 12:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262186452 POV 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262186868 Point of view is how the story is being told. First, second, and third POV.]]> 2022-08-16 12:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262186868 Rising Action 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262190692 The section of the story that leads to the climax]]> 2022-08-16 12:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262190692 Climax 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262192454 The point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest. ]]> 2022-08-16 12:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262192454 Falling Action 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262194769 The period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax]]> 2022-08-16 12:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262194769 Resolution 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262196383 The end of the story.]]> 2022-08-16 12:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262196383 Setting 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262197359 The time and place in which the story is told.]]> 2022-08-16 12:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262197359 Protagonist and Antagonist 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262199787 Protagonist is usually the hero and antagonist is known as the villain. ]]> 2022-08-16 12:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262199787 Conflict 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262201581 The main problem in the story, or problem characters face. ]]> 2022-08-16 12:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262201581 Internal Conflict 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262204830 Man vs. Self]]> 2022-08-16 12:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262204830 External Conflict 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262206517 Man vs. Man Ex: Batman vs Joker
Man vs. Society Ex: The hunger games
Man vs. Nature Ex: A person fighting to survive a tsunami
Man vs. Technology Ex: Man vs robots taking over the world.]]> 2022-08-16 12:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262206517 Theme 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262207162 The main idea or understanding of the story.]]> 2022-08-16 12:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262207162 Diction 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262212697 A speaker of writers choice of words. ]]> 2022-08-16 13:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262212697 Syntax 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262214506 Set of rules determine the arrangement of words in a sentence. ]]> 2022-08-16 13:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2262214506 Connotation/Denotation 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267297638 A connotation is the feeling a word evokes. Denotation is the literal meaning. ]]> 2022-08-22 11:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267297638 Tone 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267298625 The attitude the author is using when writing. ]]> 2022-08-22 11:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267298625 Mood 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267300346 Literary element that evokes emotion. ]]> 2022-08-22 11:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267300346 Flashback 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267301200 A scene that takes place before the story begins. ]]> 2022-08-22 11:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267301200 Foreshadowing 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267302263 Something in the story that hints to the main event or a bigger event. ]]> 2022-08-22 11:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267302263 Parallelism 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267303947 A sentence/paragraph with the same grammatical construction.]]> 2022-08-22 11:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2267303947 First Person 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270060473 Story is in first person, uses I, me, my, etc. ]]> 2022-08-24 13:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270060473 Second Person 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270062105 Mainly used in instructions. Uses, you, yours etc]]> 2022-08-24 13:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270062105 Third Person Objective 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270064314 The narrator knows the events that take place without knowing what the characters thinking or feeling.]]> 2022-08-24 13:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270064314 Third Person Limited 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270065231 Story is told from the perspective of one character.]]> 2022-08-24 13:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270065231 Third Person Omniscient. 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270067047 Most open and flexible POV for the author. Can know the events and thoughts and feelings of the character]]> 2022-08-24 13:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2270067047 Simile 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272619322 Comparing something using "like" or "as"

The night was as dark as a black cat.
The jacko-lantern glowed like the bright sun in the night.]]> 2022-08-26 12:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272619322 Metaphor and Extended Metaphor 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272622615 Metaphor - Figure of speech that describes an object or action that isn't literally true. 
Extended Metaphor - A metaphor that isn't just used in one line, but is extended over more than one.

Metaphor - She is drowning in a sea of grief.
Extended metaphor - "Cause baby you're a firework, come on show them what you're worth. Make then go oh, oh oh as shoot across the sky." ]]> 2022-08-26 12:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272622615 Personification 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272625419 Applying human characteristics to something that isn't human. 

The walls were talking. The stairs screamed in agony as he began to climb them. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272625419 Hyperbole 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272627054 Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.

I have told you a million times to clean this room.]]> 2022-08-26 12:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272627054 Symbolism 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272628095 Words, items, ideas that mean more than the actual meaning. 

She wore a white wedding gown. - white : peace, innocence, purity. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272628095 Oxymoron 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272629935 Figure of speech that puts together words that are opposing and contradicting. 

Jumbo Shrimp, Bitter Sweet, Deafening Silence. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272629935 Euphemism 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272631959 A substitutional sentence that may be offensive switched to something less harsh. 

"We're going to let you go." - "You're fired!" 
"Friendly fire." - "Someone in the military was shot by their own side."


]]> 2022-08-26 12:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272631959 Allusion 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272633699 An implied or indirect reference. 

He is a real Romeo.
He slapped like Will.
He's got the Midas touch. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272633699 Assonance 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272635310 The same vowel that repeats in a group of words or a sentence. 

The tide rises, the tide falls.
The fat cat sat on a mat inside a hat. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272635310 Alliteration 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272636789 Neighboring words using the same sound. 

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272636789 Cliche 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272638745 A word or phrase that is over used and has become lifeless.

Pretty as a picture. 
Sweet as pie. 
Love is blind. 


]]> 2022-08-26 12:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272638745 Idioms 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272640427 Means something different than the literal translation. 

Its raining cats a dogs.
I lost my head. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272640427 Pun 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272641916 A play of words that are humorous. 

Puns involving animals are "amooseing". 
The sign on the lawn at the drug rehab facility said: stay off the grass. ]]> 2022-08-26 12:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2272641916 Irony 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306680674 A situation in which something was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a different effect]]> 2022-09-21 11:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306680674 Verbal Irony 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306683194 When the speaker says the opposite of what they mean and come off as sarcastic. 
Ex : Your teacher: "I just love when students don't to their homework!"]]> 2022-09-21 11:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306683194 Situational Irony 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306685041 Striking reversal of what is expected or intended
Ex : The principal's daughter is a high school dropout.

]]> 2022-09-21 11:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306685041 Dramatic Irony 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306688984 A literary device by which the audience or readers understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters
When the reader knows what is going to happen before the character does.
Ex : A girl in a horror film goes in a closet where the killer just went. (The audience knows but the character does not)

]]> 2022-09-21 11:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306688984 Characterization 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306690736 the creation of a fictional character]]> 2022-09-21 11:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306690736 Direct Characterization 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306692014 The writer tells about the character]]> 2022-09-21 12:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306692014 Direct Characterization 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306693592 The writer doesn't directly tell about the character.]]> 2022-09-21 12:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306693592 Static Character 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306695632 The character does not go through an important change in the story. ]]> 2022-09-21 12:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306695632 Dynamic Character 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306696497 The character changes throughout the story]]> 2022-09-21 12:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306696497 Flat Character 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306698157 The character is not complicated and does not change ]]> 2022-09-21 12:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306698157 Round Character 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306699414 The character is complicated and changed throughout the story. ]]> 2022-09-21 12:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306699414 Rhetoric 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306702224 Meant to be persuasive to impulse the reader.]]> 2022-09-21 12:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306702224 Ethos 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306705032 The character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in a way to persuade the audience. ]]> 2022-09-21 12:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306705032 Pathos 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306707973 A quality that evokes pity or sadness ]]> 2022-09-21 12:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306707973 Logos 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306709827 To appeal to the audiences reason or logic]]> 2022-09-21 12:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2306709827 Diction - Tone - Mood 034722 https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2373094293 2022-11-07 13:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/034722/4syny3x6brrhskzv/wish/2373094293