https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh en-us 2022-08-16 16:46:28 UTC 2025-05-19 16:40:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262440797 The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.]]> 2022-08-16 16:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262440797 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262446896  It is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.]]> 2022-08-16 16:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262446896 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262450169 The rising action pushes the plot along, building tension to keep us invested in the story as it moves forward.]]> 2022-08-16 17:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262450169 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262455027 This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. Outcome of the conflict is decided. The main character will change in some way.]]> 2022-08-16 17:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262455027 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262458092 This portion of the narrative helps deflate the plot's tension and gives the character time to unwind after the emotional scene.]]> 2022-08-16 17:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262458092 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262459338  It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved.]]> 2022-08-16 17:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262459338 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262461607 The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals]]> 2022-08-16 17:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262461607 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262462916 A conflict is a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces. Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward.]]> 2022-08-16 17:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262462916 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262465010 when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs. It happens within them, and it drives their development as a character.]]> 2022-08-16 17:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262465010 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262470575 External Conflict--sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.
Man vs Man--Conflict that pits one person against another is about as classic as a story can get
Man vs Society--The person-against-society conflict follows the storyline of an individual or a group fighting against injustices within their society.
Man vs Nature--humankind comes up against nature, battling for survival against its inexorable and apathetic force.
Man vs Tech-- conflict focuses on a person or group of people fighting to overcome unemotional and unsympathetic machinery that believes it no longer requires humanity.]]> 2022-08-16 17:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262470575 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262472642  The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.]]> 2022-08-16 17:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262472642 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262473975  choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.]]> 2022-08-16 17:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262473975 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262475363  the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence. ]]> 2022-08-16 17:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262475363 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262476262 DENOTATION: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary. CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.]]> 2022-08-16 17:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262476262 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262477562 mood refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story. ]]> 2022-08-16 17:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262477562 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262478583 an author can take the reader out of the present story and jump into an earlier time period in a character's life.]]> 2022-08-16 17:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262478583 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262479607 A narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-08-16 17:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262479607 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262480578 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.]]> 2022-08-16 17:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262480578 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262483700  the vantage point from which a story is presented.]]> 2022-08-16 17:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262483700 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262485221  a narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. ]]> 2022-08-16 17:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262485221 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262488240 The narrator describes the reader's actions, thoughts, and background using "you." It's all about how you look at it.]]> 2022-08-16 17:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262488240 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262491702 The narrator describes everything without describing the character thoughts and feeling.]]> 2022-08-16 17:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262491702 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262492670 The narrator knows everything. He/she even knows all the character's thoughts.]]> 2022-08-16 17:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2262492670 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2267693947 narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally]]> 2022-08-22 17:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2267693947 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272903228  irony occurs in literature AND in life whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.]]> 2022-08-26 16:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272903228 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272905533 when a speaker says something the opposite or that contrast with, what they really mean]]> 2022-08-26 16:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272905533 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272910440 the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.]]> 2022-08-26 17:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272910440 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272913938 Tone reflects the author's attitude toward the subject.]]> 2022-08-26 17:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272913938 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272915968 the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.]]> 2022-08-26 17:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272915968 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272917290 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.]]> 2022-08-26 17:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272917290 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272917915 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 ]]> 2022-08-26 17:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272917915 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918258 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]]> 2022-08-26 17:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918258 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918411 a poetic literary device in which non-living things are given human traits]]> 2022-08-26 17:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918411 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918836 a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.]]> 2022-08-26 17:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918836 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918990  rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions. ]]> 2022-08-26 17:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272918990 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919204 Symbols can give words double meanings, both literal and figurative, and writers can say more with less.]]> 2022-08-26 17:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919204 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919429 the substitution of a less offensive or agreeable expression for an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant]]> 2022-08-26 17:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919429 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919592  brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.]]> 2022-08-26 17:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919592 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919800 The repetition of similar vowels]]> 2022-08-26 17:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919800 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919969 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.]]> 2022-08-26 17:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272919969 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272920404 a saying, image, or idea which has been used so much that it sounds terribly uncreative.]]> 2022-08-26 17:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272920404 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272920522 an expression with a figurative or metaphorical meaning that differs from its literal meaning.]]> 2022-08-26 17:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272920522 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272920654 A pun is a play on words, centering on a word with more than one meaning or words that sound alike. ]]> 2022-08-26 17:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2272920654 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274622498  the art of persuasion through communication.]]> 2022-08-29 11:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274622498 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274624046 the character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience.]]> 2022-08-29 11:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274624046 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274625411 to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel]]> 2022-08-29 11:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274625411 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274626545 to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic]]> 2022-08-29 11:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274626545 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274630195 name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers. ]]> 2022-08-29 11:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2274630195 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302844017 The author is stating a definitive fact about the character, as opposed to more subtle description that leave some thing up to the reader's imagination. ]]> 2022-09-19 12:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302844017 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302847114 To show things that reveal the personality of a character.]]> 2022-09-19 12:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302847114 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302849458  one that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end ]]> 2022-09-19 12:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302849458 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302852324 a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.]]> 2022-09-19 12:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302852324 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302855916 2022-09-19 12:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302855916 042233 https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302857372 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.]]> 2022-09-19 12:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/042233/6fpudsglqnct8nhh/wish/2302857372