https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl en-us 2022-08-16 16:46:36 UTC 2025-06-10 09:56:01 UTC hello@padlet.com 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262441881 the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.]]> 2022-08-16 16:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262441881 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262444408  the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.]]> 2022-08-16 16:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262444408 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262445818 Rising action is the section of a story that leads toward its climax.]]> 2022-08-16 16:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262445818 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262446992 In the structure of a play the climax, or crisis, is the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action.]]> 2022-08-16 16:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262446992 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262448893 In storytelling, falling action refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-16 17:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262448893 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262450336 The resolution is the end of the story. It occurs after the CLIMAX. It is when you learn what happens to the characters after the CONFLICT is resolved.]]> 2022-08-16 17:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262450336 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262451695 Setting refers to the location of the story-in time and in place]]> 2022-08-16 17:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262451695 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262453087 The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals.]]> 2022-08-16 17:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262453087 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262455899 In fiction, those problems are called conflict. More precisely, conflict means thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire.]]> 2022-08-16 17:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262455899 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262457227 Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs]]> 2022-08-16 17:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262457227 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262459012 External conflict sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.]]> 2022-08-16 17:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262459012 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262460555 A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. ]]> 2022-08-16 17:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262460555 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262464680 diction, choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.]]> 2022-08-16 17:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262464680 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262465766  In spoken and written language, syntax refers to the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence]]> 2022-08-16 17:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262465766 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262467640 The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary. CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.]]> 2022-08-16 17:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262467640 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262468949 The tone is more than an author's attitude toward his/her audience and characters; it is the stylistic means by which an author conveys his/her attitude(s) in a work of literature.]]> 2022-08-16 17:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262468949 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262469704 A mood is a feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character or the atmosphere of a story.]]> 2022-08-16 17:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262469704 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262471329 When writing a work of fiction, an author can take the reader out of the present story and jump into an earlier time period in a character's life.]]> 2022-08-16 17:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262471329 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262472689 Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-08-16 17:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262472689 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262473645 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.]]> 2022-08-16 17:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2262473645 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263555655 point of view, in literature, the vantage point from which a story is presented. Related Topics: narrative.]]> 2022-08-17 18:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263555655 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263556579 The telling of a story in the grammatical first person, i.e. from the perspective of an "I,]]> 2022-08-17 18:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263556579 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263558315 Second-person narration a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you.]]> 2022-08-17 18:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263558315 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263559069 In third-person objective narration, the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-08-17 18:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263559069 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263560639 Third person limited point of view, on the other hand, is 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.]]> 2022-08-17 18:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263560639 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263561509 This is a common form of third-person narration in which 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]]> 2022-08-17 18:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263561509 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263562208 A simile is a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as]]> 2022-08-17 18:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263562208 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263563353 An extended metaphor is a metaphor in a literary work, such as a novel or poem, that isn't just used in one line but is extended over multiple lines or throughout the work.]]> 2022-08-17 18:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263563353 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263564542 attribution of personal qualities especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form.]]> 2022-08-17 18:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263564542 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263565258 hyperbole, a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.]]> 2022-08-17 18:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263565258 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263568190 Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things.]]> 2022-08-17 18:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263568190 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263569126  it is a rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions.]]> 2022-08-17 18:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263569126 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263570119 A euphemism is the substitution of a less offensive or agreeable expression for an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.]]> 2022-08-17 18:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263570119 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263570988 An allusion is when we hint at something and expect the other person to understand what we are referencing.]]> 2022-08-17 18:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263570988 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263575979 the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as. a : the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times.]]> 2022-08-17 18:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263575979 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263576467 Ethos (Greek for “character”) • Focuses attention on the writer's or speaker's trustworthiness.]]> 2022-08-17 18:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263576467 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263577133 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.]]> 2022-08-17 18:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263577133 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263577919 Logos, or the appeal to logic, means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.]]> 2022-08-17 18:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263577919 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263579314 In simplest terms, 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.]]> 2022-08-17 18:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263579314 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263579961 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.]]> 2022-08-17 18:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263579961 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263581382 Situational irony is the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.]]> 2022-08-17 18:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263581382 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263583253 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.]]> 2022-08-17 18:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263583253 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263583998 Characterization is the description of a character's physical traits (how a character looks), point of view, personality, private thoughts, and actions]]> 2022-08-17 18:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263583998 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263585021 Indirect characterization, on the other hand, consists of the author showing the audience what kind of person a character is through the character's thoughts, words, and deeds.]]> 2022-08-17 18:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263585021 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263586115 The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.]]> 2022-08-17 18:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263586115 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263586997 In talk about literature, this has led to the development of a crude but useful terminological distinction of two sorts of characterization: "static" and "dynamic."]]> 2022-08-17 18:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263586997 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263587776 In talk about literature, the term "dynamic character" means simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.]]> 2022-08-17 18:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263587776 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263589021 Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.]]> 2022-08-17 18:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263589021 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263605161 round characters, characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.]]> 2022-08-17 18:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263605161 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263676215 Assonance, or “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.]]> 2022-08-17 20:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263676215 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263677764 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.]]> 2022-08-17 20:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263677764 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263678700 A cliché (pronounced 'klee-SHAY') is a saying, image, or idea which has been used so much that it sounds terribly uncreative.]]> 2022-08-17 20:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263678700 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263679270 An idiom is a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.]]> 2022-08-17 20:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263679270 033587 https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263680549 A pun is a play on words, centering on a word with more than one meaning or words that sound alike.]]> 2022-08-17 20:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033587/dt035zgoo8mf4ktl/wish/2263680549