https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile Made with the most LIT literary terms en-us 2016-09-21 11:51:38 UTC 2023-03-21 00:06:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125356152 Definiton: Aims to make an animal or object behave and appear like they are human beings. Similar to personification, but its focus is not on imagery.

Example: The computer started to grow arms and legs, then it attacked me. ]]> 2016-09-21 11:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125356152 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125356641 Definition: A reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.

Example: He thinks he is so great just like Narcissus. 
Narcissus was a man who saw a reflection of himself in a lake and instantly fell in love with himself. 


]]> 2016-09-21 11:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125356641 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125357436 Definiton: The act of describing the character or qualities of someone or something. There are two different types of characterization: direct and indirect. 
         a. Direct: The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells what the character is like (i.e. specific character traits.) This information must come directly from the writer or narrator (cannot be inferred or implied by other characters)
          b. Indirect: The writer reveals a character's traits though dialouge, the charcter's actions and thoughts, apperance, and the effect the character has on others.

Examples: Miss Alice was the nicest person you would ever want to meet.]]> 2016-09-21 12:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125357436 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125669043 Definition: An original model of a person, a perfect example, or a prototype upon which others are copied; a universally recognized symbol.

Example: The Hero- The reliable person in a story; they are a generally good person. 


]]> 2016-09-22 11:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125669043 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125669198 The literal meaning (dictionary definition) of a word.

Example: The definiton of rock is a type of stone, but is sometimes used to describe something or someone. ]]> 2016-09-22 11:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125669198 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125670226 Definition: An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its actual definition.

Example: That's Banging!
The actual definition of banging is to strike, but in the sentence it means that something is good. 




]]> 2016-09-22 11:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125670226 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125671269 Definition: The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; the style of enunciation in speaking or singing.

Example: That's ridiculous! The way this sentence is said or punctuated can show if it's a good ridiculous or a bad ridiculous. ]]> 2016-09-22 11:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125671269 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125975557 Definition: A charcter who severs as a direct constrast to another character as a device to emphasizet the qualities of the main charcter. 

Example: In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Miss Stephaine is a foil to Miss Maudie becuase one speads gossip while the other stays away from it.]]> 2016-09-23 11:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125975557 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125976160 Definition: Descriptive language that can function as a way for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature.
       a. Sensory Details- Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the details of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound.

Example: The air smelled of rotten eggs.


]]> 2016-09-23 12:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/125976160 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126330046 Defintion: A figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity; makes an analogy between two things to show how one resembles the other in some way (directly stated)
       a. Simile- is a type of metaphor in which the comparison is made with the use of the word like or as (or its equivalent).

Example:  Love is a jewel.




]]> 2016-09-26 12:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126330046 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126330140 Definiton: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. There are three types of irony: Dramatic, situational, and verbal. 
         a. Dramatic- irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the chracaters in the play
          b. Situational- irony involing a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended.
          c. Verbal- irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another. 

Examples: Shelby starts to open the door. The audience reacts with fear becuase they know there is someone inside the room.]]> 2016-09-26 12:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126330140 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126395153 Defintion: A statement that appears self-contradictory, yet reveals a kind of truth. Shows the complexities of life. 

Example: I am nobody.


]]> 2016-09-26 14:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126395153 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126396382 Defintion: A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stadns for something more than itself.

Example: He is a rock.

]]> 2016-09-26 14:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126396382 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126397391 Defintion: A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation.

Example: "All animals are equal but few are more equal than others"


]]> 2016-09-26 14:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126397391 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126509056 Definiton: The climate or feeling of a literay work. Reflects the emotional response of the reader to the writing.

Example: When Jane and Mary pulled up to the gate, the house was dark and ghostly. 

]]> 2016-09-26 20:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126509056 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126516775 Definition: When a writer gives human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects to create imagery

Example: The wind sang its song in my ear as I walked the path.]]> 2016-09-26 21:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126516775 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126533519 Defintion: A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., that is related to the theme. 

Example: One motif in the book, "To Kill A Mockingbird," is the small town life of Maycomb, which depicts goodness and pleasantness in life.]]> 2016-09-27 00:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126533519 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126549350 Raven Coe: All the odds (Allusion, Archetype, Connotation, Diction, Imagery, Metaphor, Paradox, Symbolism, Allegory, Theme)

Aqwia Harris: All the evens (Anthropomorphism, Charcterization, Denotation, Foil, Irony, Mood, Personification, Motif, Syntax, Tone) ]]> 2016-09-27 03:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126549350 ravencoe23 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126549538 Defintion: An insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work. It is rarely stated by the author and requires that the reader make inferences based on clues given in the text. 

Example: We must love ourselves before we love others.]]> 2016-09-27 03:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126549538 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126596673 Definition: The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences. 

Example: We are going to the movies.]]> 2016-09-27 09:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126596673 xoharris2000 https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126597880 Defintion: The writer's attitude toward the character, subject, and audience of a story.

Example: 
Mom- "Sorry, but we can't go to the beach this summer."

Daughter- "Aw man! I was waiting all year for this trip!" ]]> 2016-09-27 10:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ravencoe23/hku76oburile/wish/126597880