https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c contains 17 short story elements or devices en-us 2019-03-01 05:44:34 UTC 2025-11-02 02:01:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336759739 Meaning: When a character recalls its past experience that happened before the story.

Example: The protagonist recalls his experience with his sister and her boyfriend. (Borders)]]> 2019-03-01 08:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336759739 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336760355 Meaning: A theme is the main idea of a short story. Thematic statement is repeated throughout the whole story.

Example:  To live simple is not worse than being too competitive. (The two Islands)]]> 2019-03-01 08:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336760355 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336760952 Meaning: To describe things with the verbs that only can be used on human.

Example: "In Greenel, , streams sings in the woods." (The two Islands)]]> 2019-03-01 08:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336760952 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336762512 Meaning: The position of the narrator in relation to the story.

Example: The short story "The Necklace" is written in third person limited.  (The Necklace)]]> 2019-03-01 08:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336762512 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336763422 Meaning: The place,time,mood of the character of the story.

Example: "To Build a Fire" takes place in a forest in the Northern Canada in 1896. The mood of the character changes from calm to nervous to hopeful and to hopeless. (To Build a Fire)]]> 2019-03-01 08:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/336763422 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337990091 Meaning: It is a figurative speech that makes a direct comparison between two things, and it shows their similarities.

Example: "She had not, as my mother liked to tell Mrs. Manyfingers, gone floating after man like a balloon on a string ." (Borders)]]> 2019-03-05 16:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337990091 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337991007 Meaning: To use figurative language to describe an object or situation.

Example:  "So I was surprised she bought  two new tires for the car and put on her blue dress with the green and yellow flowers."  (Borders)]]> 2019-03-05 16:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337991007 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337995818 Meaning: It makes a comparison between two things or explain an idea although it is not literally true. 

Example: "In the triumph of her beauty in the glory of her success in a sort of ." (The necklace)]]> 2019-03-05 16:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337995818 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337999211 Meaning: The reason why a character does a specific thing.

Example: Warden‘s people want him to give  them  more nature environment, so Warden decides to start a war. (The two islands)]]> 2019-03-05 16:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/337999211 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338003070 Meaning: It refers an event that happens the opposite way the reader or the character expects the opposite way.

Example: At the end of the story, Mme. Lousiel finds out the diamond that she works hard turns out to be a fake one. (The Necklace)]]> 2019-03-05 16:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338003070 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338005230 Meaning: All of the main events in a story. It includes setting, rising action, climax, and falling actions.

Example: Olemaun is an aboriginal girl who wants to go to the residential school  to learn how to read. However, she doesn't expect how many pain she will have. She burns her socks to show her resistance to the elder students and the raven.  After two years, she is able to return home. She finds her two little sisters want to go to the school, so she decides to go with them to protect them. (Fatty Legs)]]> 2019-03-05 16:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338005230 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338007065 Meaning: It is not a direct description of a significant person, object,  or event .

Example:  The narrator of  the story "to build a fire" refers to the Klondike Gold Rush as the historical background. (To Build a Fire)]]> 2019-03-05 16:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338007065 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338010008 Meaning:They make the character or the readers feel a feeling in a  specific situation.

Example: As the story goes on, the "chechaquo" feels nervous, hopeful, and hopeless. (To Build a Fire)]]> 2019-03-05 17:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338010008 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338014635 Meaning: It refers a person in a story or the personality of a person  in the story.

Example: Olemaun is a intelligent and hard-working girl. (Fatty Legs)]]> 2019-03-05 17:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338014635 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338015019 Meaning: To use an object or person (symbol) to represent an idea or characteristic.

Example: The border guards symbolizes power and control . (Borders） ]]> 2019-03-05 17:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338015019 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338016772 Meaning: Writers use it to warn the readers a significant event is going to happen.

Example: When Dianna goes down her car to check the cat, the murderer sneaks into her car. (Never Stop On the Motorway)]]> 2019-03-05 17:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338016772 peter_jin666 https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338018108 Meaning: The anxiety or excitement that are created by uncertain situation. 

Example: When the the protagonist and his mom are being asked by the border police, the anxiety grows. (Borders)]]> 2019-03-05 17:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_jin666/ljarhn6es32c/wish/338018108