https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9 en-us 2022-08-15 17:27:24 UTC 2025-10-24 07:38:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261440018 a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story.]]> 2022-08-15 17:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261440018 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261443136  a literary device that is meant to relay background information about a main character, setting, event or other element of the narrative.]]> 2022-08-15 17:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261443136 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261444614  a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.]]> 2022-08-15 17:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261444614 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261445770  the point at which the highest level of interest and emotional response is achieved.]]> 2022-08-15 17:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261445770 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261446793 the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-15 17:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2261446793 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263529500 It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved.]]> 2022-08-17 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263529500 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263532495  A setting is the time and place in which a story is told.]]> 2022-08-17 17:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263532495 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263535019 The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals.]]> 2022-08-17 17:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263535019 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263537793 when a character wants something but something else gets in the way.]]> 2022-08-17 17:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263537793 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263538862  when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-17 17:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263538862 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263541498 sets a character against something or someone beyond their control]]> 2022-08-17 17:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263541498 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263544736 involves two characters struggling ]]> 2022-08-17 17:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2263544736 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271681677  The man vs. society conflict denotes a story in which an individual (or a small group of individuals) chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community]]> 2022-08-25 16:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271681677 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271686150  occurs when a character faces resistance from a natural force (as opposed to a supernatural force). This can mean the weather, the wilderness, or a natural disaster.]]> 2022-08-25 16:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271686150 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271689189 a type of literary conflict in which a character faces technology (such as a robot, a machine, or a mechanical failure) and must prevail against it.]]> 2022-08-25 16:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271689189 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271691632  is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.]]> 2022-08-25 16:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271691632 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271695132 choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiven]]> 2022-08-25 16:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271695132 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271696728 syntax refers to the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.]]> 2022-08-25 16:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271696728 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271699887  DENOTATION: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary. CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.]]> 2022-08-25 17:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271699887 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271701589 the tone of a literary work expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.]]> 2022-08-25 17:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271701589 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271702647 mood is the atmosphere of the narrative. Mood is created by means of setting, attitude, and descriptions. ]]> 2022-08-25 17:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271702647 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271706216 a flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins.]]> 2022-08-25 17:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271706216 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271708591  is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-08-25 17:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271708591 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271710135 in which coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording.]]> 2022-08-25 17:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271710135 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271719028 the vantage point from which a story is presented.]]> 2022-08-25 17:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271719028 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271723029 The telling of a story in the grammatical first person, i.e. from the perspective of an "I," ]]> 2022-08-25 17:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271723029 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271725766  a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you. ]]> 2022-08-25 17:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271725766 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271727191 Any story told in the grammatical third person, i.e. without using "I" or "we"]]> 2022-08-25 17:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271727191 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271728739 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.]]> 2022-08-25 17:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271728739 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271729918 who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the story being told: diving into private thoughts, narrating secret or hidden events]]> 2022-08-25 17:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271729918 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271734643 whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.]]> 2022-08-25 17:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271734643 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271735847 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 says.]]> 2022-08-25 17:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271735847 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271737384 the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.]]> 2022-08-25 17:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271737384 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271738134 a literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.]]> 2022-08-25 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2271738134 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280968139 Direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as.]]> 2022-09-02 16:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280968139 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280974116 Metaphor  is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using like or as. she's the giggle at the funeral]]> 2022-09-02 17:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280974116 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280976775 a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.
a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry]]> 2022-09-02 17:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280976775 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280983064 Giving non human things human charactericts ]]> 2022-09-02 17:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280983064 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280987334 Extreme exaggeration, your mama so ugly they didn't give her a costume when she tried out for star wars. ]]> 2022-09-02 17:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280987334 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280992095 A literary device that uses symbols be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning. 

The days were like nights and the nights left the dregs of their darkness in our souls.]]> 2022-09-02 17:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2280992095 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292833834 a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction]]> 2022-09-12 17:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292833834 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292838010 an appropriate expression used in the place of a phrase or words that may be found inappropriate or offensive]]> 2022-09-12 17:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292838010 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292841857 in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. ]]> 2022-09-12 17:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292841857 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292844584 Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants]]> 2022-09-12 17:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292844584 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292847665 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.]]> 2022-09-12 17:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292847665 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292849561  a trite phrase or expression also : the idea expressed by it. 2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation. ]]> 2022-09-12 17:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292849561 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292851538  is a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning. ]]> 2022-09-12 17:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292851538 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292853236 A pun is a literary device that is also known as a “play on words.” Puns involve words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings]]> 2022-09-12 17:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2292853236 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300298147 Rhetoric refers to the study and uses of written, spoken and visual language. ]]> 2022-09-16 16:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300298147 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300300850 an argument based on the ethics or credibility of the person making the argument; an appeal to ethics.]]> 2022-09-16 16:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300300850 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300301957 means to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.]]> 2022-09-16 16:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300301957 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300303916 means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic. To use logos, the author makes clear, logical connections between ideas, and includes the use of facts and statistics.]]> 2022-09-16 16:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300303916 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300307260  a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers. ]]> 2022-09-16 16:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300307260 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300309184  a type of literary device used to tell conclusive details about a character to the reader with little or no ambiguity. ]]> 2022-09-16 17:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300309184 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300313135  a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.]]> 2022-09-16 17:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300313135 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300314583 a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.]]> 2022-09-16 17:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300314583 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300316638 a character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the course of a story. ]]> 2022-09-16 17:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300316638 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300319184 a character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality. ]]> 2022-09-16 17:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300319184 044944 https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300320864 characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.]]> 2022-09-16 17:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/044944/at0o9b9ny4349ef9/wish/2300320864