https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p Terms and Examples of unit 1 en-us 2016-09-06 15:22:15 UTC 2025-12-08 15:57:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122581999 Def- character does not change thoughout story, same from beginning to end
Example: the surgeon in "The Knife"]]> 2016-09-08 19:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122581999 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582329 Def- theme in literature that places a character against technology. 
Ex-  the Terminator ]]> 2016-09-08 19:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582329 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582337 Def- the authors word choice in a story or any piece of writing
Example-  in "the knife" the author used imagery as diction "until the wound blooms with strange flowers whose looped handles fall to the sides in steely array]]> 2016-09-08 19:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582337 hullr1 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582491 Def: The main character has strong beliefs that are against the main characters society
Ex: the other Wes more is growing up in a an enviorment that's against him.]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582491 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582509 Def.- A character that develops as the story progresses.
Ex. Mother from "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582509 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582570 Def- an idea/feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Ex. The word snake has a connotation of fear.]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582570 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582599 This is a conflict that is usually associated with an external conflict. A character must overcome his own nature or make a choice between two or more paths.

Ex-Drew is in Africa,all alone,being chases by a heard of monkey's.]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582599 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582601 A character who undergoes a inner change

The the bad Wes from "The Other Wes Moore" transforms into a liar,murder,  and drug dealer]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582601 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582604 Def- The main character causes their own conflict, by being against themselves through the story.
Ex- "He focuses on his old habit, drinking." "Enrique's Journey"]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582604 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582605 Denotation-the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
(Dictionary definition)

Example- snake: legless  reptile]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582605 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582623 A character is revealed through speech, action, and appearance. 
Ex. "It wasn't his style to yell" (Moore 6).]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582623 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582640 Example: In the story The Birthday we expect the man to be surprised, instead he is embarrassed and disappointed with what actually happened.]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582640 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582663 Definition- struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot

Example- Darth Vader and Luke skywalker because they fight.]]> 2016-09-08 19:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582663 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582737 Definition: Comparing different objects that are based on single or some common characteristics without using like or as.
Example: In "The Knife" it is comparing what is coming out of the wound too flowers, "wounds bloom with strange flowers whose looped handles fall the side in steely array."]]> 2016-09-08 19:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582737 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582755 Def- Is a type of character in a fiction story that doesn't change alot .
Example- The surgeon]]> 2016-09-08 19:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582755 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582776 1. Antagonist
Defenition- a character who is against the protagonist and gives the main character a conflict.
Example- the enemy sniper from "The sniper"]]> 2016-09-08 19:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582776 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582898 Definition- useing description to appeal to the senses 
Example- "Such  a primitive place. One expects to find drawings of buffalo on the walls." The Knife ]]> 2016-09-08 19:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582898 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582908 Def- the situation that forms a setting for the following events 

Example- the surgery that the surgeon was performing in the short story the knife.

]]> 2016-09-08 19:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122582908 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583150 Def.-exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Ex.- Mrs. Willis is the best teacher in the world.]]> 2016-09-08 19:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583150 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583310 Def. The exchange of thoughts through verbal communication.
Ex. "I gave birth to you."
"That's not my fault!"]]> 2016-09-08 19:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583310 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583658 Where the audience or reader is aware of something important, of which the characters are not aware of.
Ex. We know that the Titanic is going to sick but the characters don't.]]> 2016-09-08 19:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583658 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583754 Def- The insertion of important background information in a story.
Ex- Baltimore, 1980's]]> 2016-09-08 19:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583754 hullr1 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583844 Def. the point of view from a certain character (1st person) or of all characters (3rd person
Ex. They sat on the banquette opposite us in a little narrow restaurant, having dinner. (Birthday party)]]> 2016-09-08 19:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122583844 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584014 Example: In the story "The Knife" the author conveys a serious tone in the story towards the audience.]]> 2016-09-08 19:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584014 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584023 Definition- Resolution is the part of the story'ds plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out.
Example- The princes is saved and lives happily ever after]]> 2016-09-08 19:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584023 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584166 Def- using the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written.
Example: I slept for 2 hours, ate hamburgers, and did homework.]]> 2016-09-08 19:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584166 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584389 Definition-the main main moral or idea of a story
Example- in Outcasts United the them is that everyone has a place on this earth you just have to find it.]]> 2016-09-08 19:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584389 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584391 This is the most intense part of the story.

Ex:when the sniper got shot in the arm.]]> 2016-09-08 19:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584391 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584487 28. Onomatopoeia 
Defenition- a word in a sentence that mimics a sound.
Example- boom, crash, pow]]> 2016-09-08 19:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584487 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584503 Def. The way a paragraph is written.
Ex. Their first paragraph of "The Knife."]]> 2016-09-08 19:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584503 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584519 Def- the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. Usually the main character and the story generally only follows one character/ main character 

Example- The Sniper was first person limited because we knew his thoughts.]]> 2016-09-08 19:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584519 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584583 Def.-the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
Ex.-He rolled over the roof to a chimney stack in the rear, and slowly drew himself up behind it, until his eyes were level with the top of the parapet.]]> 2016-09-08 19:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584583 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584589 Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.
The chameleon dispenser was very rude spitting out tape]]> 2016-09-08 19:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584589 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584766 Def- A conclusion or opinion of that is formed because of known facts or evidence. 
Example- When we switched summer reading books with another group and had to infer what the person the other group chose was like.]]> 2016-09-08 19:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122584766 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585014 When the plot starts to build to create interest and suspense. 
Ex. When the Rupublican sniper sees the old woman talking to a man in a car and shoots them.

]]> 2016-09-08 19:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585014 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585115 Def. A character that the story focuses on and that changes over time in the story.
Ex. Goldilocks]]> 2016-09-08 19:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585115 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585287 2016-09-08 19:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585287 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585343 def- where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing.
ex- "a stillness settles in my heart and is carried to my hand."  The Knife]]> 2016-09-08 19:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585343 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585345 Def-Narrator doesn't explain the personal thoughts, opinions,mets of any character. Completely unbiased.
Ex. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"]]> 2016-09-08 19:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585345 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585466 definition: Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another.
example: Looking at her son's messy room, mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness."]]> 2016-09-08 19:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585466 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585517 Third person omniscient-a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story

Example- the book "Wonder"]]> 2016-09-08 19:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585517 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585547 Def- a comparison using like or as
Example- " unlike the eyes of anyone else i knew, and they twinkled as if they held stars."]]> 2016-09-08 19:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585547 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585716 Definition: this is how the author specifically reveals traits about the character in straightforward (direct) manner.
Example: "He was a very slender six foot two with a bushy mustache and a neatly shaped Afro." (The]]> 2016-09-08 19:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585716 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585987 8. Internal Conflict- a struggle within a character's mind
Ex- Wes Moore struggles with deciding what he wants to do with his life.


]]> 2016-09-08 19:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122585987 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586061 Definition:  Conflict in which the protagonists is fighting with another human.
Example: In the "Birthday Party" the husband makes the wife cry which creates  conflict between them.]]> 2016-09-08 19:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586061 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586213 Def-The atmosphere or specific feeling the reader gains as a result of elements such as description or diction.
Example-The mood gained from "Birthday Party" can be described as sympathetic and pitiful]]> 2016-09-08 19:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586213 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586414 A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant.
Ex. The prognosis is bad but the patient said "I've been better."]]> 2016-09-08 19:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586414 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586489 definition: The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
example: I took the pearls, three milky spheres, out of my pocket.

]]> 2016-09-08 19:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586489 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586845 Def- The author is talking to you, like you are the one in the story with them.
Example- "You looked at him and you saw this and you thought..." "Birthday Party]]> 2016-09-08 19:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586845 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586949 Definition: the sequence of events that take place in (a play, novel, movie, or similar work.)
Example: a plot diagram ]]> 2016-09-08 19:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122586949 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122587064 34. Inciting Incident- an event that sparks a story's conflict
Ex- The waiter brings out the man's birthday cake, in "Birthday Party".]]> 2016-09-08 19:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122587064 https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122587873 Def-The plot begins to come to an end and the conflict's resolution forms.
Example-The falling action of "The Sniper" occurs when he's recovering from his wound and becomes curious to learn of his target's identity.]]> 2016-09-08 19:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/willisa2/dooke4517u4p/wish/122587873