Literary Elements by MIA PACHECO https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9 en-us 2022-08-16 15:56:54 UTC 2022-09-23 16:20:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Plot 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262397333 the story line or order of events in a book, play, or movie,]]> 2022-08-16 16:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262397333 Exposition 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262404338 a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.]]> 2022-08-16 16:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262404338 Rising Action 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262405228 a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.]]> 2022-08-16 16:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262405228 Climax 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262406394 the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.]]> 2022-08-16 16:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262406394 Falling Action 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262406908  In storytelling, falling action refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-16 16:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262406908 Resolution 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262410009 The resolution of a story is the conclusion of a story's plot. Also known as the denouement, the resolution is a literary term for the final plot points that occur after a story's climax and falling action.]]> 2022-08-16 16:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262410009 Setting 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262411062 The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.]]> 2022-08-16 16:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262411062 Protagonist and Antagonist 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262414013 Protagonists and antagonists are both essential characters in a story, but they propel the plot in different and usually opposite ways]]> 2022-08-16 16:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2262414013 Conflict 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264285557 2022-08-18 11:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264285557 Internal Conflict 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264287053 Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-18 11:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264287053 Diction 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264288092 2022-08-18 11:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264288092 Syntax 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264289931 The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.]]> 2022-08-18 11:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264289931 Connotation/Denotation 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264292246 2022-08-18 11:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264292246 Tone 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264293366 the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
"my friend and I lowered the tone with our oafish ways"
]]> 2022-08-18 11:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264293366 Mood 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264293754 a temporary state of mind or feeling. "he appeared to be in a very good mood about something"]]> 2022-08-18 11:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264293754 Flashblack 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264294530 2022-08-18 11:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264294530 Foreshadowing 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264296802 2022-08-18 11:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264296802 Parallelism 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264298751 2022-08-18 11:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264298751 External Conflict 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264299256 2022-08-18 11:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264299256 Theme 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264299635 The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.]]> 2022-08-18 11:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2264299635 Pov 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279526735 2022-09-01 16:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279526735 First Person 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279533134 the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. ]]> 2022-09-01 16:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279533134 Second Person 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279536872  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 16:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279536872 Third Person Objective 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279541505  the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-09-01 16:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279541505 Third Person Limited 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279545632  a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.]]> 2022-09-01 16:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279545632 Third Person Omniscient 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279549735 the most open and flexible POV available to writers. ]]> 2022-09-01 16:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2279549735 Simile 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280613996  a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.” ]]> 2022-09-02 11:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280613996 Metaphor and extended metaphor 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280616851 Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things without using like or as
Extended metaphor: A version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs or stanzas of prose poetry  ]]> 2022-09-02 11:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280616851 Personification 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280620861 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 11:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280620861 Hyperbole 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280622600 exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.]]> 2022-09-02 11:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280622600 Symbolism 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280627586 2022-09-02 12:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280627586 Oxymoron 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280630388  ]]> 2022-09-02 12:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280630388 Oxymoron 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280631882 2022-09-02 12:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280631882 Euphemism 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280634176 2022-09-02 12:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280634176 Allusion 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280637680 2022-09-02 12:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280637680 Assonance 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280639350 2022-09-02 12:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280639350 Alliteration 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280640829 2022-09-02 12:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280640829 Cliche 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280642007 2022-09-02 12:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280642007 Idioms 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280649726 2022-09-02 12:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280649726 Pun 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280651576 2022-09-02 12:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2280651576 Irony 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286609908 2022-09-07 15:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286609908 Verbal Irony 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286612094 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]]> 2022-09-07 15:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286612094 Situational Irony 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286618183 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.]]> 2022-09-07 15:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286618183 Dramatic Irony 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286620663 dramatic irony, 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 15:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2286620663 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2294510237 2022-09-13 15:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2294510237 Direct Characterization 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2294524747
The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like
]]> 2022-09-13 15:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2294524747 Indirect Characterization 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2294623575 The writer reveals information about a character's personality through his/her words, actions, and thoughts, along with other characters' responses to that character (what they say and think about him/her).]]> 2022-09-13 16:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2294623575 Static Characterization 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304856981 A static character is a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline. ]]> 2022-09-20 12:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304856981 Dynamic Character 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304859012 A dynamic character is one who learns a lesson or changes as a person (either for better or for worse). Most main characters and major characters in stories are dynamic.]]> 2022-09-20 12:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304859012 Flat character 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304860511 Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work]]> 2022-09-20 12:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304860511 Round character 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304862266 round characters, characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature]]> 2022-09-20 12:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304862266 Rhetoric 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304865397 2022-09-20 12:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304865397 Ethos 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304866266 the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.]]> 2022-09-20 12:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304866266 Pathos 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304867501 a quality that evokes pity or sadness, almost like a feeling maybe.]]> 2022-09-20 12:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304867501 Logos 0333322 https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304868416 Logos, or the appeal to logic, means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.]]> 2022-09-20 12:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/0333322/9xc5kpomc8miyrn9/wish/2304868416