Literary Elements by ARMANDO SOLIS https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i en-us 2022-08-15 17:27:32 UTC 2025-05-21 19:16:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Plot 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2261440452 a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story.]]> 2022-08-15 17:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2261440452 Exposition 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2261442803 the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.]]> 2022-08-15 17:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2261442803 Rising Action 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2261450170 the section of a story that leads toward its climax.]]> 2022-08-15 17:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2261450170 Climax 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2269083973 the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action.]]> 2022-08-23 17:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2269083973 Falling action 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271670380 the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-25 16:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271670380 Resolution 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271674127  the end of the story.]]> 2022-08-25 16:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271674127 Setting 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271675400 the time and place in which a story is told.]]> 2022-08-25 16:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271675400 Protagonist and Antagonist 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271677848 The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals.]]> 2022-08-25 16:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271677848 Conflict 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271680248 thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire.]]> 2022-08-25 16:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271680248 Internal Conflict 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271685087 when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-25 16:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271685087 Diction 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271698883 Linguistic choices made by a writer to convey an idea or point of view, or tell a story, in an effective way.]]> 2022-08-25 16:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271698883 Syntax 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271700573 the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.]]> 2022-08-25 17:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271700573 Connotation/Denotation 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271702363 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 17:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271702363 Tone 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271710479 reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work]]> 2022-08-25 17:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271710479 Mood 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271711334 emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.]]> 2022-08-25 17:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271711334 Flashback 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271713932 interruptions that writers do to insert past events, in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative.]]> 2022-08-25 17:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271713932 Foreshadowing 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271716927 literary device that writers utilize as a means to indicate or hint to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story.]]> 2022-08-25 17:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271716927 Parallelism 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271719450 the repetition of grammatical elements in writing and speaking.]]> 2022-08-25 17:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271719450 External Conflict 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271728976 a struggle that takes place between the main character and some outside force.]]> 2022-08-25 17:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2271728976 Man vs Man 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274023287 involves two characters struggling against each other.]]> 2022-08-29 00:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274023287 Man vs Society 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274023974 an individual chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community.]]> 2022-08-29 00:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274023974 Man vs Nature 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274024390 an external struggle positioning the character against an animal or a force of nature.]]> 2022-08-29 00:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274024390 Man vs Technology 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274024941 when a protagonist is facing machines or technology and must prevail against it.]]> 2022-08-29 00:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274024941 Theme 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274025408  the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.]]> 2022-08-29 00:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2274025408 Simile 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280965261 Direct comparison of two UNLIKE things using "like" or "as".
He's as slow as a tortoise. ]]> 2022-09-02 16:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280965261 Metaphor 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280971236 A direct comparison between two unlike things WHITHOUT using "like" or "as".
She's the giggle at a funeral.]]> 2022-09-02 16:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280971236 Extended Metaphor 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280972175 A version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.

Hope and a bird.]]> 2022-09-02 17:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280972175 Personification 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280982590 Giving a non-human thing human characteristics.
The clouds wept in the storm.]]> 2022-09-02 17:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280982590 Hyperbole 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280984919 EXTREME exaggeration.
Your mama is so ugly that didn't give her a costume when she auditioned for Star Wars.]]> 2022-09-02 17:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280984919 Symbolism 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280991067 A literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something.
Bald eagle represents America.]]> 2022-09-02 17:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2280991067 POV 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292842541 Point of view (POV) is what the character or narrator telling the story can see (his or her perspective).]]> 2022-09-12 17:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292842541 First Person 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292849858 The narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view using "I", "me", "we", and "us".]]> 2022-09-12 17:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292849858 Second Person 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292855538 Second-person point of view is a form of writing that addresses the onlooker or reader directly using "you", "your", and "yours".]]> 2022-09-12 17:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292855538 Third Person Objective 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292857482 The narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-09-12 17:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2292857482 Third Person Limited 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293183840 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.]]> 2022-09-12 22:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293183840 Third Person Omniscient 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293186146 The teller of the tale, 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.]]> 2022-09-12 22:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293186146 Oxymoron 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293193697 A self-contradicting word or group of words.
Less is more.]]> 2022-09-12 22:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293193697 Euphemism 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293198926 The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
She's on the streets.]]> 2022-09-12 22:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293198926 Allusion 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293201282 A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Is there an Einstein in your physics class?]]> 2022-09-12 22:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293201282 Assonance 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293203031 The repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. (I and e)]]> 2022-09-12 22:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293203031 Alliteration 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293204859 Useful poetic device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
She sells sea shells by the seashore.]]> 2022-09-12 22:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293204859 Cliché 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293209553 An expression that was once innovative but has lost its novelty due to overuse.
Better late than never.]]> 2022-09-12 23:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293209553 Idioms 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293210215 A widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.
It's raining cats and dogs.
]]> 2022-09-12 23:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293210215 Pun 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293213894 A play on words, centering on a word with more than one meaning or words that sound alike.
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.]]> 2022-09-12 23:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2293213894 Irony 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310692024 When there are two contradicting meanings of the same situation, event, image, sentence, phrase, or story.  In many cases, this refers to the difference between expectations and reality.]]> 2022-09-23 15:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310692024 Verbal Irony 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310699459 Figure of speech in which a speaker says one thing but means another.]]> 2022-09-23 15:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310699459 Situational Irony 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310704601 Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.]]> 2022-09-23 15:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310704601 Dramatic Irony 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310709559 A situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do.]]> 2022-09-23 15:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310709559 Rhetoric 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310713060 The art of using language to persuade, motivate, or inform an audience via writing or speech.]]> 2022-09-23 15:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310713060 Ethos 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310717743 A rhetorical device that includes any content in an argument that is meant to appeal to ethics.]]> 2022-09-23 15:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310717743 Pathos 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310719954 An element in rhetoric or artistic expression that elicits feelings of sympathy, compassion, pity, or sorrow from an audience.]]> 2022-09-23 15:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310719954 Logos 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310722428 A rhetorical device that includes any content in an argument that is meant to appeal to logic.]]> 2022-09-23 15:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2310722428 Characterization 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314458751 A writer’s tool, or “literary device” that occurs any time the author uses details to teach us about a person.]]> 2022-09-26 22:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314458751 Direct Characterization 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314459557 A method of describing the character in a straightforward manner.]]> 2022-09-26 22:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314459557 Indirect Characterization 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314460073 The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance.]]> 2022-09-26 22:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314460073 Static Character 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314463407 A type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.]]> 2022-09-26 22:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314463407 Dynamic Character 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314464435 A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change.]]> 2022-09-26 22:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314464435 Flat Character 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314465319 A character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality.]]> 2022-09-26 22:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314465319 Round Character 033638 https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314467443 Are major characters in a story, who encounter contradictory situations, and undergo transformation during this phase.]]> 2022-09-26 22:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033638/ax8cfxqdecth990i/wish/2314467443