https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1 Short story final project en-us 2018-03-16 15:49:56 UTC 2025-10-25 02:36:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/242887338 Theme is the central idea of a story, usually implied rather than directly stated. It is the author's idea about life and can be implied or directly stated through the voice of a character or through the narrator. A theme is traditionally stated in a sentence without reference to specific characters or events. 

THE HAPPINESS MACHINE
- Happiness is being content with what you already possess]]> 2018-03-16 15:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/242887338 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/242893600 Language used in such a way as to force words out the literal meanings and, by emphasizing their connotations, to bring new insight and feeling to the subject desired, such as metaphor, simile or personification.

Metaphor: (A comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar. The comparison is implied rather than directly stated.)
THE HAPPINESS MACHINE
- "A machine now, to help boys change from peach fuzz to brier bramble, girls from toadstool to nectarine."
Simile: (A comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar. The comprarison is directly stated through words such as like, as than, similar to, or resembles.)
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- "When she drove up onto the street, the stream of twilight traffic was just about keeping pace with the pinstriped pedestrians who, like worker ants, were hurrying to ward the nearest hole in the ground."
Personification: (Giving the attributes of a human being to an animal, or an idea. It is really a sub-type of metaphor, implying a comparison between two dissimilar things.)
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- "And Leo Auffmann's children stood out front, proud of how fine the flames looked jumping from the garage roof." ]]> 2018-03-16 16:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/242893600 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/242908675 The representation through language of sense experience. The image most often suggests a mental picture, but an image may also represent a sound, smell, taste or tactical experience. 

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- "The two steeps slopes of the mountain, covered with brush, broken rock, and giant trees, closed in on this dismally sad ravine like two dark walls. Around the cottage a few vines, a small garden, and farther on, a few large chestnut trees; enough to live by at least, a fortune for this impoverished land."]]> 2018-03-16 16:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/242908675 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243147599 This is what causes a character to do what he or she does. Circumstances and temperament usually determine the actions of a character, however, characters must also have sufficient and plausible motivation in order for a reader to find a story realistic or effective. 

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- Motivation for Ann's decision to sleep with Steven: John chose to focus on the future whilst Ann preferred to focus on the present. John visiting his father allowed the perfect opportunity for her to be alone with Steven. ]]> 2018-03-18 06:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243147599 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243148917 A literary device which reveals concealed or contradictory meanings.

Situational Irony: (This occurs when a set of circumstances turn out differently from what was expected or considered appropriate.)
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- "Animals were usually a good sign in a place like this." The animals turned out to be dead. They were stuffed by the landlady.
Dramatic Irony: (When the author shares with the reader information not known by a character. The reader becomes aware that a character's actions may be inappropriate for the actual circumstances.)
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- "The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and he didn't much care for it." The smell of bitter almond can sometimes be because of deadly poison cyanide. The landlady had poisoned him Mr. Weaver. ]]> 2018-03-18 06:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243148917 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243150710 Setting is most often considered to mean the time and place in which a story is placed; however, equally important aspects are the social environment or values generally shared by the society, the minor characters who form a realistic backdrop with which the main characters must act and react. It also includes atmosphere or mood which descriptive details create.

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- An isolated farmhouse in the prairies during a harsh snowstorm in the 1930's]]> 2018-03-18 07:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243150710 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243640462 The story line or organization of incidents in a story is called the plot. It consists of episodes and conflict. Plots usually have rising and falling actions. 

HAPPINESS
-On a boat, people are discussing about what love is when suddenly,  Corsica, an island that rarely emerges, rises from the sea. This is when an elder man tells a tale of constant love. On Corsica, he met a lady and a deaf man. He talked about life in Nancy and learnt that the woman was once a rich and young girl and the man was  a sergeant and that they ran away totogether. He asks if she is happy, she replies saying "I have regretted nothing." She was once rich and now was a peasant and yet she had no regrets. Back to the present on the boat, the other passengers debate whether she was a fool or happy. ]]> 2018-03-19 17:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243640462 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243653591 The perspective from which a story is told.  There is first, second and third point of view.
 
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- Third person limited omniscient. This refers to the  main character (Diana) as "he" or "she", and shows us only what one character thinks and feels (during the escape), but from the perspective of someone "outside" the story. ]]> 2018-03-19 17:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243653591 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243663442 An allusion is a direct or indirect reference to a familiar figure, place or event from history, literature, mythology, or from the Bible. Most allusions expand or develop a significant idea, impression or mood.

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- “As though they were both famous for the same sort of thing, if you see what I mean-like…like Dempsey and Tunney for example, or Churchill and Roosevelt.” Dempsey and Tunney are known for their boxing fight in 1927 (The Long Count Fight). President Franklin D Roosevelt was an important ally to Winston Churchill during the beginning of WW2]]> 2018-03-19 17:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243663442 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243701049 The atmosphere is the prevailing feeling that is created in a story. The atmosphere usually sets up the reader's expectations about the ending or outcome of the plot. Atmosphere is usually created through the dialogue and the imagery. The mood or primary emotional quality developed largely through descriptions of setting details.

HAPPINESS
- "The sweet melancholy of twilight slowed their speech, caused a tender emotion to well up in their souls; and this word "love", which was heard again and again [...] seemed to fill the little salon, fluttering through it like a bird, hovering in it like a spirit."]]> 2018-03-19 18:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243701049 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243707127 This is a term used to describe the fictional persons who carry out the action of a story. It also refers to the personality and moral attitudes of a fictional person.

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- Dynamic character (Often the protagonist, undergoes a significant, lasting change, usually in his or her outlook on life): Leo Auffmann starts off trying to build a machine that produces happiness, filing it with music, views, etc. But, in the end, he realized that happiness is already surrounding him; the people around him bring enough joy to him.
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- Static character (This is a character who does not change in the course of a story. Often protagonists who are static characters fail to achieve their goals or are defeated by their unwillingness to change or adapt): Billy Weaver
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- Round character (A realistic character having several sides to his/her nature): Lena Auffmann
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-Flat character (A limited character, usually a minor character who has  only one apparent quality): Saul; the Auffmann's son]]> 2018-03-19 18:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243707127 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243773131 Symbolism has two levels of meaning, a literal level and a figurative level. Characters, objects, events, and settings can all be symbolic in that they represent something else beyond themselves. 

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-Chrysanthemums were in the window of the bed and breakfast. Chrysanthemums are tall and beautiful and sometimes called "mums". This symbolizes that the Landlady chose Bill Weaver because he was tall and handsome and that she would mummify him.]]> 2018-03-19 21:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243773131 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243780153 A flashback is a plot device which shifts the story from the present to the past, usually done in order to illustrate an important point or to reveal a change in character. 

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- The elderly gentleman, while presently on a boat, tells a story from the past, about five years ago, about when he met two lovers on an island.]]> 2018-03-19 22:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243780153 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243785513 This device gives a hint of what is to happen later in the story. It prepares the reader for the climax, the resolution, and for changes, or lack of changes, in character's attitudes. 

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- Ann constantly mentions that "[John] always comes. There couldn't be a storm bad enough." In the end of the story, we find out that John in fact did return home, only to commit suicide in the snow. ]]> 2018-03-19 22:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243785513 080_jli1 https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243788648 Suspense is the feeling of anxiety and uncertainty experienced by the reader about the outcome of events or the protagonist's destiny.
 
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- "Now, the fact that this landlady appeared to be slightly off her rocker didn't worry Billy in the least."]]> 2018-03-19 22:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/080_jli1/9o633ezxjzg1/wish/243788648