https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-03-16 01:59:15 UTC 2024-01-27 21:57:00 UTC hello@padlet.com lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242651822 Definition: The underlying message or 'big idea'  the author is trying to convey
Example from The Landlady: This short story contains the theme exploitation because of what the landlady did to the boy who was staying with her. 

]]> 2018-03-16 02:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242651822 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242652534 Definitions:
Simile: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Personification: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Example of a Simile from the Landlady: "She was holding 
it well out in front of her, and rather high up, as though the tray were a pair of reins on a frisky horse" (Page 3).

]]> 2018-03-16 02:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242652534 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653630 Definition: Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
Example from The Painted Door:  "But he's an old man - living there all alone. What is it, Ann? You're not like yourself this morning." (Page 10) John tells Ann that she is not acting like herself this morning and that is an example of imagery because he described her behavior as something unusual. ]]> 2018-03-16 02:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653630 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653651 Definition: The general desire or willingness of someone to do something
Example from the Landlady: The motivation from the Landlady was to lure the boy inside her house so that she could kill him and turn him into another one of her "puppets".]]> 2018-03-16 02:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653651 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653680 Definition: 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
Example from never stop on the motorway: Situational irony occurs in this short story because of what the readers expect to happen versus what actually happens. The readers expect that Diana's pursuer is the man in the van behind her but in reality, the threat was in her car the whole time. ]]> 2018-03-16 02:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653680 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653700 Definition: An audience's awareness of the situation in which the awareness of characters differs 
Example from The Landlady: The audience knew she was going to kill him but the character had no idea 
Example from the Landlady: The readers understand the suspicious behaviour of the landlady throughout the whole short story but the character never picks up on it.]]> 2018-03-16 02:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653700 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653730 Definition: The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
Example from The Landlady: The setting of this short story in in Bath, England at a Bed and Breakfast.

]]> 2018-03-16 02:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653730 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653759 Definition: The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
Example from the Landlady: Billy was poisoned in the living room of the landlady, followed by dying and being stuffed in the bedroom upstairs.]]> 2018-03-16 02:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653759 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653773 Definition: Expresses the attitude of the director or writer toward the material or of a character in a scene/ explains who is telling the story 
Example from The Happiness Machine:"One thing I absolutely know," he said aloud. "It should be bright!" (Page 4 )This phrase shows that Leo Auffmann was talking out loud to himself using "I" to describe himself using first person. ]]> 2018-03-16 02:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653773 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653786 Definition: An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Example from The Painted Door: Ann knew that she couldn't keep her hands off of Steven anymore and without mentioning it, the audience all knew it was coming.]]> 2018-03-16 02:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653786 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653876 Definition: The pervading tone or mood of a place or situation
Example from The Landlady: The mood of this short story was very happy until the very end of the story. The Landlady was a very happy person and she seemed very kind. Billy was thrilled to have a place to stay while not paying a lot of money and everyone was happy in the beginning until.....]]> 2018-03-16 02:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653876 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653907 Definition: A person in a novel, play, or movie
Example from Happiness: The names of the old woman and the old man are never revealed but the readers are able to interpret that they are important characters in the story because the majority of the dialogue is in their favour. ]]> 2018-03-16 02:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653907 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653933 Definition: The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Example from the Happiness Machine: When Leo Auffmann realized that the Happiness Machine he had built was not really the source of happiness he needed, and that his own household with his family inside, was his very own Happiness Machine. ]]> 2018-03-16 02:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653933 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653964 Definition: A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story
Example in The Landlady: When Billy remembered why the names on the sign in sheet sounded so familiar. Billy remembered the names from the local newspaper he read and that they had gone missing. ]]> 2018-03-16 02:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242653964 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242654016 Definition: A warning or indication of a future event
Example from The Painted Door: One of the examples of foreshadowing in this story is that Ann and Steven have always has secret emotions for each other. "Once she had danced with Steven about six or seven times in the evening, and they had talked about it for as many months." (Page 2) Ann and Steven enjoyed each others company far more than they should have and this implied the presumed affair. ]]> 2018-03-16 02:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242654016 lvwynne https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242654046 Definition: A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
Example from Never stop on the motorway: This entire short story was suspenseful from start to finish. The main focus of suspense from this story was when the suspicious man was following the main character, Diana. "Diana took the car up to ninety, but the van wouldn't be shaken off. She pushed her foot down on the accelerator and touched a hundred, but it still remained less than a car's length behind." (Page 229)]]> 2018-03-16 02:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lvwynne/k07m8acpih1c/wish/242654046