https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys en-us 2022-08-16 13:24:22 UTC 2026-02-25 07:28:04 UTC hello@padlet.com 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262239961 Plot is the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.]]> 2022-08-16 13:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262239961 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262243928 A literary device that introduces key background to the reader, for example a character's backstory or a setting's description.]]> 2022-08-16 13:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262243928 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262250036 The rising action is the second of six essential plot elements, which come right after the opening of a story, otherwise known as the exposition.]]> 2022-08-16 13:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262250036 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262252060 The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama.]]> 2022-08-16 13:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262252060 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262254358 The period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-16 13:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262254358 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262256266 The end of a story, it happens after the climax and falling actions.]]> 2022-08-16 13:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262256266 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262258580 The place or type of surroundings where an event takes place.]]> 2022-08-16 13:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262258580 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262263053 A protagonist is usually the main character and is the hero or good person of the story and they usually have a problem to solve. A antagonist is someone against the protagonist and usually stands in the way of a protagonist solving the problem. ]]> 2022-08-16 13:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262263053 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262264592 Its when a character wants something but something else gets in the way]]> 2022-08-16 13:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262264592 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262266812 Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-16 13:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262266812 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262272959 External conflict refers to the conflict between the main character and any external force.

Some examples of external conflict are:
-Man vs. man
 two characters struggling against each other.
-Man vs. society
A story in which an individual chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community.
-Man vs. nature
An external struggle positioning the character against an animal or a force of nature.
-Man vs. technology
A character faces technology (such as a robot, a machine, or a mechanical failure) and must prevail against it

]]> 2022-08-16 14:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262272959 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262274108 The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel.]]> 2022-08-16 14:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262274108 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262276997 A writer's or speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a or story.]]> 2022-08-16 14:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262276997 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262278524 Syntax in literature defines the arrangement of words and sentences that are placed together.]]> 2022-08-16 14:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262278524 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262285198 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 14:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262285198 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262287145 The mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel.]]> 2022-08-16 14:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262287145 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262289824 Mood is the atmosphere of the narrative. Mood is created by means of setting, attitude, and descriptions.]]> 2022-08-16 14:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262289824 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262291843 A flashback interrupts a chronological sequence, the front line action or “present” line of the story, to show readers a scene that unfolded in the past.]]> 2022-08-16 14:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262291843 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262293798 Foreshadowing is when a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.]]> 2022-08-16 14:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262293798 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262295705 Parallelism is a component of literary style in both prose and poetry, in which coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording.]]> 2022-08-16 14:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2262295705 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2264443228 Point of view is the perspective from which an author tells a story.]]> 2022-08-18 14:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2264443228 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267408286 The narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.]]> 2022-08-22 13:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267408286 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267411564 Second person is a point of view that refers to a person or people being addressed by a writer or speaker. ]]> 2022-08-22 13:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267411564 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267413505 The narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-08-22 13:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267413505 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267417426 Focusing a third-person narration through the eyes of a single character.]]> 2022-08-22 13:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267417426 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267423668 This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale has no bias and has full knowledge of all characters and situations.]]> 2022-08-22 13:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2267423668 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270160780 A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that are often introduced by like or as.]]> 2022-08-24 14:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270160780 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270164990 A metaphor is a figure of speech comparing two, unlike things often introduced by like or as.
An extended metaphor is a version of a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.]]> 2022-08-24 14:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270164990 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270167093 Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person.]]> 2022-08-24 14:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270167093 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270168955 Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.]]> 2022-08-24 14:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270168955 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270172082 A literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.]]> 2022-08-24 14:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2270172082 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272683146 An oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an ostensible self-contradiction.]]> 2022-08-26 13:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272683146 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272685980 A euphemism is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant.]]> 2022-08-26 13:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272685980 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272686756 Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly.]]> 2022-08-26 13:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272686756 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272690625 Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants.]]> 2022-08-26 13:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272690625 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272694762 Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, often used as a literary device.]]> 2022-08-26 13:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272694762 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272699968 A cliché is an element of an artistic work, saying, or idea that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect.]]> 2022-08-26 13:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272699968 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272706737 An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase.]]> 2022-08-26 13:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272706737 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272712842 A pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.]]> 2022-08-26 13:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2272712842 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286435754 A situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality.]]> 2022-09-07 13:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286435754 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286440707 A statement in which the speaker's words are incongruous with the speaker's intent.]]> 2022-09-07 13:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286440707 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286442309 When the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected.]]> 2022-09-07 13:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286442309 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286445420 A literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.]]> 2022-09-07 13:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286445420 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286451204 Characterization or characterisation is the representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works.]]> 2022-09-07 13:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286451204 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286453413 The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.]]> 2022-09-07 13:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2286453413 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289645946 A type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.]]> 2022-09-09 13:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289645946 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289647663 A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change.]]> 2022-09-09 13:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289647663 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289648781 A type of character — usually the protagonist or hero — who undergoes major inner change over the course of a story.]]> 2022-09-09 13:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289648781 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289650588 Two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.]]> 2022-09-09 13:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289650588 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289652567 A round character is deep and layered character in a story.]]> 2022-09-09 13:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289652567 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289654373 Rhetoric is the art of persuasion through communication.]]> 2022-09-09 13:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289654373 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289655368 Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community.]]> 2022-09-09 13:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289655368 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289657461 Pathos appeals to the emotions of the audience and elicits feelings that already reside in them.]]> 2022-09-09 13:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2289657461 033637 https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2290427560 A rhetorical device that includes any content in an argument that is meant to appeal to logic.]]> 2022-09-10 03:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033637/8gql6mont74qpmys/wish/2290427560