https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8 en-us 2022-09-01 11:25:29 UTC 2026-01-01 14:18:20 UTC hello@padlet.com 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279131848 plot, in fiction, the structure of interrelated actions, consciously selected and arranged by the author. Plot involves a considerably higher level of narrative organization than normally occurs in a story or fable.]]> 2022-09-01 11:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279131848 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279133330 Exposition is a literary device that is meant to relay background information about a main character, setting, event or other element of the narrative.]]> 2022-09-01 11:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279133330 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279134468  a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.]]> 2022-09-01 11:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279134468 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279135289  the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action. It may or may not coincide with the highest point of interest in the drama.]]> 2022-09-01 11:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279135289 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279136283 the elements of plot after a story's climax and before the resolution.]]> 2022-09-01 11:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279136283 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279137130 the end of the story. It occurs after the CLIMAX. It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved.

]]> 2022-09-01 11:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279137130 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279138879 A setting is the time and place in which a story is told. All stories have settings—even this one.]]> 2022-09-01 11:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279138879 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279141819  The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals. 2. The words “protagonist” and “antagonist” are antonyms.]]> 2022-09-01 11:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279141819 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279142682  thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire. It's basically when a character wants something but something else gets in the way. Maybe the character wants a thing but can't get it.]]> 2022-09-01 11:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279142682 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279143537  when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs]]> 2022-09-01 11:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279143537 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279144638  sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.Sep 3, 2021]]> 2022-09-01 11:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279144638 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279161953  the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. ]]> 2022-09-01 12:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279161953 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279163783 choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.]]> 2022-09-01 12:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279163783 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279166521  the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.]]> 2022-09-01 12:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279166521 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279171286 DENOTATION: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary. CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.]]> 2022-09-01 12:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279171286 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279172435 the stylistic means by which an author conveys his/her attitude(s) in a work of literature]]> 2022-09-01 12:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279172435 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279173930 a feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character or the atmosphere of a story.]]> 2022-09-01 12:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279173930 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279175882  a scene that takes place before a story begins. ]]> 2022-09-01 12:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279175882 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279177936  a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-09-01 12:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279177936 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279179847 component of literary style in both prose and poetry, in which coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording.

]]> 2022-09-01 12:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279179847 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279182227  the “eye” or narrative voice through which you tell a story. ]]> 2022-09-01 12:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279182227 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279184164 the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. ]]> 2022-09-01 12:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279184164 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279185820  a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you. ]]> 2022-09-01 12:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279185820 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279186523 he narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters]]> 2022-09-01 12:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279186523 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279188793  a narration style that gives the perspective of a single character]]> 2022-09-01 12:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2279188793 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280171167 an omniscient narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing. While the narration outside of any one character, the narrator may occasionally access the consciousness of a few or many different characters.]]> 2022-09-02 02:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280171167 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280172902 a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid]]> 2022-09-02 02:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280172902 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280174775 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.]]> 2022-09-02 02:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280174775 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280179763 the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.]]> 2022-09-02 02:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280179763 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280181335 exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.]]> 2022-09-02 02:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280181335 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280182407 an artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind]]> 2022-09-02 02:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280182407 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280185130 a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction]]> 2022-09-02 02:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280185130 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280186275 a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.]]> 2022-09-02 02:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280186275 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280187113 an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.]]> 2022-09-02 02:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280187113 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280188374 in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible ]]> 2022-09-02 03:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280188374 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280189337 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.]]> 2022-09-02 03:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280189337 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280190868 a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.]]> 2022-09-02 03:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2280190868 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294145694 a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words]]> 2022-09-13 12:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294145694 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294146924 a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.]]> 2022-09-13 12:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294146924 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294149460 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.]]> 2022-09-13 12:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294149460 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294151711 verbal irony is a figure of speech. The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says.]]> 2022-09-13 12:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294151711 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294156645 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 12:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294156645 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294158871 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.]]> 2022-09-13 12:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294158871 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294162991  description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.]]> 2022-09-13 12:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294162991 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294168230 The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like. Direct characterization tells the reader or viewer.]]> 2022-09-13 12:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294168230 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294169772 Indirect characterization is the process of describing a character through that character's thoughts, actions, speech, and dialogue. An author will use this type of characterization to guide the reader in making their own conclusions about a character.]]> 2022-09-13 12:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294169772 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294171275 In talk about literature, this has led to the development of a crude but useful terminological distinction of two sorts of characterization: "static" and "dynamic." A static character, in this vocabulary, is one that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end ]]> 2022-09-13 12:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294171275 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294173725 (If we were talking computer talk, we'd say that inside this program that term is "reserved.") In talk about literature, the term "dynamic character" means simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.]]> 2022-09-13 12:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294173725 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294176114 Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work. By contrast, round characters are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.]]> 2022-09-13 12:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294176114 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294177980 round characters, characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature. Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work. By contrast, round characters are complex and undergo development]]> 2022-09-13 12:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294177980 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294179559 the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques]]> 2022-09-13 12:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294179559 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294181160 the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.]]> 2022-09-13 12:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294181160 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294182498 a quality that evokes pity or sadness]]> 2022-09-13 12:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294182498 033679 https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294185180 the Word of God, or principle of divine reason and creative order, identified in the Gospel of John with the second person of the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ.]]> 2022-09-13 12:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033679/6b64t4k0zmnjsrz8/wish/2294185180