Literary Elements by BRIAN RIVAS-GARCIA https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33 en-us 2022-08-16 16:46:29 UTC 2025-09-24 04:20:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Plot 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262440776 the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.]]> 2022-08-16 16:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262440776 Exposition 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262445063 This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are Introduced to the main conflict.]]> 2022-08-16 16:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262445063 Rising Action 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262450770 2022-08-16 17:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262450770 Climax 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262452226 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 17:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262452226 Falling Action 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262452397 Where the characters are still taking steps in a series of events, but the loose ends are being tied up and the answers to our questions are being provided by the author.]]> 2022-08-16 17:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262452397 Resolution 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262456009 The final part of the story in which the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close.]]> 2022-08-16 17:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262456009 Setting 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262458285 The setting of a story is the place where the story happens and the time when it happens.]]> 2022-08-16 17:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262458285 Protagonist and Antagonist 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262460691 Show Transcript welcome to protagonist and antagonist the protagonist is frequently known as the hero of the story while the antagonist is the villain the pro Agonist and the antagonist tend to be in conflict with one another the protagonist is the central character in a story this character ]]> 2022-08-16 17:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262460691 Conflict 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262461709 a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.]]> 2022-08-16 17:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262461709 Internal Conflict 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262464651 An internal conflict is the struggle occurring within a character's mind. Things such as the character views for, but can't quite reach. As opposed to external conflict, in which a character is grappling some force of themself, such as wars or a chain-breaking off a bike, or not being able to get past a roadblock.]]> 2022-08-16 17:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262464651 External Conflict: Man vs man, Man vs society, Man vs Technology. 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262467111 An external conflict is between a character and an outside force.]]> 2022-08-16 17:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262467111 Theme 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262468430 the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition.]]> 2022-08-16 17:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262468430 Diction 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262468597 the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.]]> 2022-08-16 17:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262468597 Syntax 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262469721 the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.]]> 2022-08-16 17:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262469721 Connotation/Denotation 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262471334
One word can have a both a “denotation” and a “connotation”. These are called “figures of speech”. 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 17:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262471334 Tone 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262471977 the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.]]> 2022-08-16 17:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262471977 Mood 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262472843 a temporary state of mind or feeling.]]> 2022-08-16 17:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262472843 Flashback 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262474692 a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.]]> 2022-08-16 17:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262474692 Foreshadowing 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262475402 be a warning or indication of (a future event)]]> 2022-08-16 17:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262475402 Paralleism 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262476990 the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.]]> 2022-08-16 17:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2262476990 POV 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267685491 point of view, in literature, the vantage point from which a story is presented. Related Topics: narrative.]]> 2022-08-22 17:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267685491 First Person 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267686303 Tells us only what they know or chooses to tell.]]> 2022-08-22 17:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267686303 Second Person 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267688286 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]]> 2022-08-22 17:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267688286 Third Person Objective 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267689864 Told as if from a camera that follows the characters. Only what is said and done is recorded.]]> 2022-08-22 17:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267689864 Third Person Limited 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267690860 Tells you what they would "see". They can't tell you what the characters are thinking or feeling.]]> 2022-08-22 17:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267690860 Third Person Omniscient 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267692226 Narrator tells thoughts and feelings of more or one character.]]> 2022-08-22 17:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2267692226 Simile 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272904878 A simile uses the words "like" or "as" to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike]]> 2022-08-26 16:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272904878 Metaphor and extended metaphor 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272907364 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 16:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272907364 personification 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272908951 2022-08-26 17:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272908951 Hyperbole 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272911206 a form of figurative language which uses intentional exaggeration or overstating often for dramatic or humorous effect. ]]> 2022-08-26 17:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272911206 symbolism 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272912970 Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.]]> 2022-08-26 17:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272912970 oxymoron 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272914467 As this origin suggests, oxymoron is itself an oxymoron; it is a rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions. ]]> 2022-08-26 17:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272914467 Euphemism 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272915921 A euphemism is the substitution of a less offensive or agreeable expression for an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.]]> 2022-08-26 17:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272915921 Allusion 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272917300 Allusions are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.]]> 2022-08-26 17:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272917300 Assonance 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272918159 Assonance, or “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry. The words have to be near enough to each other that the similar vowel sounds are noticeable.]]> 2022-08-26 17:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272918159 Alliteration 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272919317 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.]]> 2022-08-26 17:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272919317 Cliché 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272922911 ) 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.]]> 2022-08-26 17:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272922911 idioms 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272925195 An idiom is a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.]]> 2022-08-26 17:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272925195 Pun 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272927514 Play on words]]> 2022-08-26 17:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2272927514 Irony 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297125958 In simplest terms, 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.]]> 2022-09-14 22:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297125958 Verbal Irony 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297126969 A speaker says one thing but means the opposite]]> 2022-09-14 22:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297126969 Situational Irony 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297127616 Occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate]]> 2022-09-14 22:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297127616 Dramatic Irony 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297128190 The words and actions are known to the audience but not characters]]> 2022-09-14 22:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297128190 characterization 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297128581 Characterization is a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers. When revealing a character's traits, a writer can do so using direct characterization or indirect characterization.]]> 2022-09-14 22:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297128581 Direct Characterization 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297128926 direct characterization is when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly.]]> 2022-09-14 22:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297128926 Indirect Characterization 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297129314 Indirect characterization is a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly. Instead of describing a character in a straightforward way, the author shows their traits through that character's actions, speech, thoughts, appearance, and how other characters react to them.]]> 2022-09-14 22:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297129314 Static Character 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297129987 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]]> 2022-09-14 22:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297129987 Dynamic Character 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297130330 (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.]]> 2022-09-14 22:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297130330 Flat Character 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297130862 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.]]> 2022-09-14 22:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297130862 Round Character 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297131280 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,]]> 2022-09-14 22:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297131280 Rhetoric 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297131817 the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as. a : the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times. b : the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion.]]> 2022-09-14 22:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297131817 Ethos 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297132488 Using character, credibility and ethics to persuade]]> 2022-09-14 22:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297132488 Pathos 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297133052 Pathos, or the appeal to emotion, means to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel. Authors make deliberate word choices, use meaningful language, and use examples and stories that evoke emotion.]]> 2022-09-14 22:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297133052 Logos 033710 https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297133637 Using logical reasoning and evidence to persuade]]> 2022-09-14 22:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033710/7413rv24pwhytb33/wish/2297133637