https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u en-us 2022-08-16 13:24:23 UTC 2025-05-19 16:40:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262240913 The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.]]> 2022-08-16 13:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262240913 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262246498 Exposition usually occurs at the beginning of a story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict. (Main Problem)]]> 2022-08-16 13:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262246498 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262251355 What Is Rising Action? The rising action is the second of six essential plot elements, which comes right after the opening of a story, otherwise known as the exposition. It is usually made up of a series of events that lay down breadcrumbs, ask questions, and set roadblocks and conflicts that must be overcome.]]> 2022-08-16 13:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262251355 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262252435 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 13:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262252435 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262253224 What Is Falling Action? In storytelling, falling action refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax. This portion of the narrative helps deflate the plot's tension and gives the character time to unwind after the emotional scene.]]> 2022-08-16 13:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262253224 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262254207 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 13:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262254207 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262255378 When we read a story or watch a movie, we usually focus our attention on the characters and the plot. But we should also pay attention to a third important element of storytelling: the setting. A setting is the time and place in which a story is told. All stories have settings.]]> 2022-08-16 13:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262255378 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262257211 The protagonist is frequently known as the hero of the story while the antagonist is the villain the pro Agonist and the antagonist tend to be in conflict with one another the protagonist is the central character in a story this character is often referred to as the main character.]]> 2022-08-16 13:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262257211 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262258980 In literature, conflict is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces.]]> 2022-08-16 13:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262258980 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262259786 Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-16 13:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262259786 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262265402 External conflict refers to the conflict between the main character and any external force .
-Man vs. Man
"Man against man" conflict involves stories where characters are against each other.
-Man vs. Society
The man versus society conflict is when a protagonist has a strong belief against the majority of the community or surroundings and decides to act on it.
-Man vs. Nature
"Man against nature" conflict is an external struggle positioning the character against an animal or a force of nature, such as a storm or tornado or snow.
-Man vs. Technology
Man vs. technology is a type of literary conflict in which a character faces technology (such as a robot, a machine, or a mechanical failure) and must prevail against it.]]> 2022-08-16 13:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262265402 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262266560 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 13:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262266560 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262268161 Diction, choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.]]> 2022-08-16 13:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262268161 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262269969 In spoken and written language, syntax refers to the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence. Along with diction, it is one of the key ways writers convey meaning in a text.]]> 2022-08-16 14:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262269969 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262272214 Connotation:
Connotation is the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, which is known as denotation. 
Denotation:
The denotation of a word is its literal definition—its dictionary definition—and contains no emotion. ]]> 2022-08-16 14:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262272214 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262273836 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. Tone is an integral part of a work's meaning because it controls the reader's response which is essential to fully experiencing literature.]]> 2022-08-16 14:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262273836 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262274632 A mood is a feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character or the atmosphere of a story. Mood is omnipresent in stories.]]> 2022-08-16 14:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262274632 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262275303 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. This narrative tool is called a flashback.]]> 2022-08-16 14:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262275303 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262276238 “Foreshadowing” is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-08-16 14:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262276238 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262277355 Parallelism is the repetition of grammatical elements in a piece of writing to create a harmonious effect. ]]> 2022-08-16 14:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2262277355 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269190783 Point of view (POV) is what the character or narrator telling the story can see (his or her perspective). The author chooses “who” is to tell the story by determining the point of view.]]> 2022-08-23 19:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269190783 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269193117 In first-person narration, the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. The narration usually utilizes the pronoun I (or we, if the narrator is speaking as part of a group).]]> 2022-08-23 19:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269193117 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269195217 What Is Second Person POV in Writing? Second person point of view uses the pronoun “you” to address the reader. This narrative voice implies that the reader is either the protagonist or a character in the story and the events are happening to them.]]> 2022-08-23 19:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269195217 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269196193 In third-person objective narration, the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters. We know little about what drives them until we hear them speak or observe their actions.]]> 2022-08-23 19:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269196193 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269197626 Third person limited is a narrative viewpoint where the story is told from the close perspective of one character. It still mainly utilizes he, she, and they pronouns, but creates the immediacy and intimacy of a first-person narrative without being "trapped inside" a protagonist's head.]]> 2022-08-23 19:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269197626 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269198406 The third person omniscient point of view is the most open and flexible POV available to writers. As the name implies, an omniscient narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing. While the narration outside of any one character, the narrator may occasionally access the consciousness of a few or many different characters.]]> 2022-08-23 19:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2269198406 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286381664 A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

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]]> 2022-09-07 13:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286381664 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286385347 Metaphor- Metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated. With metaphor, the qualities of one thing are figuratively carried over to another.
Extended Metaphor- An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry. Extended metaphors build upon simple metaphors with figurative language and more varied, descriptive comparisons.]]> 2022-09-07 13:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286385347 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286386754 1 : attribution of personal qualities especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form. 2 : a divinity or imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction.]]> 2022-09-07 13:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286386754 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286387797 Hyperbole, a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.]]> 2022-09-07 13:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286387797 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286389431 Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things. What we mean by that is that we can look at something — let's say, the color red — and conclude that it represents not the color red itself but something beyond it: for example, passion, or love, or devotion.]]> 2022-09-07 13:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286389431 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286390555 An oxymoron is a self-contradicting word or group of words (as in Shakespeare's line from Romeo and Juliet, "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!"). A paradox is a statement or argument that seems to be contradictory or to go against common sense, but that is yet perhaps still true—for example, "less is more."]]> 2022-09-07 13:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286390555 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286392045 A euphemism is an appropriate expression used in the place of a phrase or words that may be found inappropriate or offensive. Euphemisms are commonly used in daily language and literature to replace language that some may find displeasing.]]> 2022-09-07 13:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286392045 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286393475 Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. Where the connection is directly and explicitly stated by the author, it is instead usually termed a reference.]]> 2022-09-07 13:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286393475 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286394703 Assonance, or “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry. The words have to be near enough to each other that the similar vowel sounds are noticeable. Think about the long “o” sound in: Go slow on the road.]]> 2022-09-07 13:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286394703 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286395982 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.]]> 2022-09-07 13:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286395982 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286398356 A cliché (UK: /ˈkliːʃeɪ/ or US: /kliˈʃeɪ/) is an element of an artistic work, saying, or idea that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.]]> 2022-09-07 13:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286398356 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286400387 An idiom is a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning. For example, if you say you're feeling “under the weather,” you don't literally mean that you're standing underneath the rain.]]> 2022-09-07 13:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286400387 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286402232 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. Their play on words also relies on a word or phrase having more than one meaning. Puns are generally intended to be humorous, but they often have a serious purpose as well in literary works.]]> 2022-09-07 13:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286402232 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286424572 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.

]]> 2022-09-07 13:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286424572 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286425754 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.]]> 2022-09-07 13:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286425754 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286427597 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.]]> 2022-09-07 13:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286427597 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286430278 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.]]> 2022-09-07 13:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286430278 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286432887 Characterization is the act of creating and describing characters in literature. Characterization includes both descriptions of a character's physical attributes as well as the character's personality. The way that characters act, think, and speak also adds to their characterization.]]> 2022-09-07 13:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286432887 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286434241 The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like. Direct characterization tells the reader or viewer.]]> 2022-09-07 13:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286434241 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286435521 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. This requires the audience to make inferences about why a character would say or do those things.]]> 2022-09-07 13:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286435521 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286437090 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." 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.]]> 2022-09-07 13:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286437090 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286438995 (If we were talking computer talk, we'd say that inside this program that term is "reserved.") In talk about literature, the term "dynamic character" means simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.]]> 2022-09-07 13:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286438995 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286440175 Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work. By contrast, round characters are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.]]> 2022-09-07 13:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286440175 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286441708 Round characters, characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature. Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.]]> 2022-09-07 13:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286441708 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286443442 Rhetoric refers to the study and uses of written, spoken and visual language. It investigates how language is used to organize and maintain social groups, construct meanings and identities, coordinate behavior, mediate power, produce change, and create knowledge.]]> 2022-09-07 13:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286443442 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286444598 Ethos (Greek for “character”) • Focuses attention on the writer's or speaker's trustworthiness. • Takes one of two forms: “appeal to character” or “appeal to credibility.” • A writer may show “ethos” through her tone, such as taking care to show more. than one side of an issue before arguing for her side.]]> 2022-09-07 13:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286444598 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286445993 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.

]]> 2022-09-07 13:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286445993 034842 https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286450925 Logos, or the appeal to logic, means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic. To use logos, the author makes clear, logical connections between ideas, and includes the use of facts and statistics. Using historical and literal analogies to make a logical argument is another strategy.]]> 2022-09-07 13:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034842/ki6az9qq4swbv45u/wish/2286450925