https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn en-us 2022-08-16 17:24:25 UTC 2025-06-03 14:51:04 UTC hello@padlet.com 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2262484882 The series of events that make up a story]]> 2022-08-16 17:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2262484882 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2262490941 The part of the story that introduces characters and settings.]]> 2022-08-16 17:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2262490941 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264636976 How the events in a story build excitement until they reach their most exciting point]]> 2022-08-18 17:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264636976 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264638250 The turning point of a story when the main character's problem begins to be solved or resolved.]]> 2022-08-18 17:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264638250 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264639619 The part of the plot that comes after the story's climax.]]> 2022-08-18 17:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264639619 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264641109 The resolution is the end of the story.]]> 2022-08-18 17:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264641109 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264642675 A setting is where a story or event takes place.]]> 2022-08-18 17:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264642675 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264651138 A protagonist is the main character of a story An antagonist is the character in a story who keeps the main character (the protagonist) from getting what he wants.]]> 2022-08-18 17:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2264651138 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270785167 Conflict is an event, circumstance, person, or personal characteristic that stands in the way of a character's pursuing a goal, even if that goal is simply survival.]]> 2022-08-25 01:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270785167 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270786865 Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-25 01:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270786865 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270788710 External conflict is a type of literary conflict in which the protagonist has to struggle against other characters (called antagonists), nature, or society.]]> 2022-08-25 01:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270788710 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270791009 It happen between the character and an outside or external force.]]> 2022-08-25 01:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270791009 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270794348 The conflict takes place outside of the character's mind.]]> 2022-08-25 01:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270794348 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270796518 When the protagonist, either alone or together with the other characters, is in direct opposition to the forces.]]> 2022-08-25 01:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270796518 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270798457 It  illustrates a character in conflict with technology.]]> 2022-08-25 01:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270798457 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270801024 Theme is an underlying message or the big idea of a story.]]> 2022-08-25 01:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270801024 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270803824 Diction is a writer's choice of words.]]> 2022-08-25 01:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270803824 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270805337 The way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses, or sentences.]]> 2022-08-25 01:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270805337 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270809275 A denotation gives the exact definition of the word or phrase. A connotation is used based on the direct meaning of the word.  ]]> 2022-08-25 01:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270809275 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270811223 Tone can be defined as how a piece of writing makes a reader feel towards a subject. ]]> 2022-08-25 01:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270811223 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270812843 Mood is the feeling created in the reader. ]]> 2022-08-25 01:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270812843 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270813804 A flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins. ]]> 2022-08-25 01:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270813804 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270817695 Foreshadowing is when the author gives you hints about what will happen later on in the story.]]> 2022-08-25 01:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270817695 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270820699 Parallelism, in rhetoric, component of literary style in both prose and poetry, 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 01:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2270820699 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2272895642 Point of view refers to who is telling or narrating a story.]]> 2022-08-26 16:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2272895642 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2272898339 First person is when the narrator's voice uses the words I, me, us, ours, it is usually the first person.]]> 2022-08-26 16:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2272898339 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2314643803 The narrator describes what "you" do and lets you into your own thoughts and background.]]> 2022-09-27 01:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2314643803 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2314649823 The narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-09-27 01:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2314649823 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318327720 The third person omniscient point of view is the most open and flexible POV available to writers. ]]> 2022-09-28 22:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318327720 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318328668 A simile is a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.”]]> 2022-09-28 22:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318328668 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318329864 A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike. An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.]]> 2022-09-28 22:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318329864 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318330836 Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.]]> 2022-09-28 22:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318330836 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318331800 Hyperbole, a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect. ]]> 2022-09-28 22:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318331800 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318332923 Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.]]> 2022-09-28 22:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318332923 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318334068 Oxymoron is itself an oxymoron; it is a rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions. ]]> 2022-09-28 22:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318334068 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318334707 A euphemism is a word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic. It uses figurative language to refer to a situation without having to confront it.]]> 2022-09-28 22:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318334707 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318337318 Allusions are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.]]> 2022-09-28 22:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318337318 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318338211 Assonance, or “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.]]> 2022-09-28 22:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318338211 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318339089 Alliteration 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.]]> 2022-09-28 22:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318339089 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318340613 A cliché is an expression that was once innovative but has lost its novelty due to overuse.]]> 2022-09-28 22:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318340613 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318341871 An idiom is an expression with a figurative or metaphorical meaning that differs from its literal meaning. ]]> 2022-09-28 22:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318341871 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318342784 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.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.]]> 2022-09-28 22:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2318342784 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320069702 Irony occurs in literature AND in life whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.]]> 2022-09-29 20:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320069702 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320071333 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.]]> 2022-09-29 20:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320071333 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320072706 Situational irony takes place when the opposite of what is expected actually happens. It is a form of figurative language, which simply means it is a literary device that goes beyond the literal meaning of words.]]> 2022-09-29 20:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320072706 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320073388 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.]]> 2022-09-29 20:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320073388 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320077225 Characterization is a writer's tool, or “literary device” that occurs any time the author uses details to teach us about a person. ]]> 2022-09-29 20:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320077225 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320080001 Direct characterization is when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly.]]> 2022-09-29 20:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320080001 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320082842 Indirect characterization is a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.]]> 2022-09-29 21:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320082842 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320084643 A static character, in this vocabulary, is one that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end]]> 2022-09-29 21:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320084643 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320086066 The term "dynamic character" means simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.]]> 2022-09-29 21:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320086066 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320087348 Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.]]> 2022-09-29 21:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320087348 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320088141 A round character is deep and layered character in a story.]]> 2022-09-29 21:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320088141 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320089378 Rhetoric refers to the study and uses of written, spoken and visual language.]]> 2022-09-29 21:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320089378 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320092155 Ethos, in rhetoric, the character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience. ]]> 2022-09-29 21:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320092155 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320102942 Pathos, or the appeal to emotion, means to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.]]> 2022-09-29 21:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320102942 048068 https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320103487 Logos, or the appeal to logic, means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.]]> 2022-09-29 21:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/048068/d5tsaasyxnxd2uzn/wish/2320103487