https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd Made with an aura of confusion en-us 2018-10-10 21:22:56 UTC 2026-01-06 23:41:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291488183 Definition: The main idea or message that the story is trying to tell and show. 

Example: In the short story, "Fatty Legs", the theme was Residential schools, and what the Residential schools did to the children inside and how the schools impacted the aboriginal community.  ]]> 2018-10-10 21:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291488183 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489240 Definition: It is a figure of speech to describe the comparison between one thing and another thing to make the description more emphatic. Usually using like or as. 

Example: Used in the short story "Never Stop on the Motor Way" the author describes "the pinstriped pedestrians who, like worker ants, were hurrying towards the nearest hole in the ground", this is an example of a simile as it compares the pedestrians to worker ants to describe that the pedestrians were moving around quickly trying to get to their destinations.]]> 2018-10-10 21:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489240 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489281 Definition: It is a figure of speech in which a word is used on a object that can not be physical possible.

Example: Quoted from the short story, Two Islands, "Graynel moved at the pace of the shipping timetables, the factory clocks and the traffic lights." is an example of a metaphor as it is physically impossible to move that fast but it shows that the people of Graynel moved very quickly to meet deadlines.]]> 2018-10-10 21:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489281 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489314 Definition: An attribution of a personal characteristic to something nonhuman. 

Example: Used in the short story "Necklace" and example of this is when the author states that the protagonist husband, "Loisel, who had aged five years". This is a example of personification as it explains that just in a week his appearance looks like he aged five years as he was searching tiredly for the necklace his wife lost. ]]> 2018-10-10 21:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489314 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489358 Definition: A style of writing that allows the reader to see the story in their mind due to the descriptive writing. 

Example: Used in the short story "Never stop on the Motor Way" the author uses many descriptive words to describe how the main character Diana, was feeling when the black van was driving right behind her. The author describes it very well throughout the chase as he creates images for us to see during Diana's panic and how she was feeling with the sweat dripping slowly down her face, and it's put in a way where we are able to follow along in our heads.]]> 2018-10-10 21:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489358 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489370 Definition: The drive that something or someone that causes them to want do something 

Example: Used in the short story "The Necklace" Madame Mathilde was determined to buy a new necklace to replace the one that she lost. She and her husband did everything they could to gather up money to buy and new one and pass it on as the original ]]> 2018-10-10 21:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489370 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489392 Definition: When actions or events have the opposite result than what is expected or intended. 

Example: Used in the short story "The Necklace" the ending of it was a example of situational irony because Madame Forestier told that Mathilde she the necklace she lost was merely a fake and that she spent thirty-six thousands francs instead of five hundred francs.]]> 2018-10-10 21:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489392 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489435 Definition: The place and time that the story takes place at. Along with the emotional setting that affects the mood of the story.

Example: The short story " To Build a Fire" tells us that the story took place around 1896 and was far up north in Klondic. Where that far north the temperature drops to 75 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. The emotional setting of that story is desperation, scared, and sadness as the guy in that story is traveling alone in the winter and is scared when he fails to make a campfire and he is desperate when he does anything he can do to make a fire.  ]]> 2018-10-10 21:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489435 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489457 Definition: The main events sequenced in such way to keep the theme of the story moving. 

Example: In the short story "Fatty Legs" the plot of the story shows the story of a girl named Olemaun who went to Residential school. The main events of the story show Olemaun first begging her father to go to Residential schools to learn how to read, next event shows how cruel Residential schools are and what their real purpose is. She is then faced with many challenges from the other girls and the nuns and she seen as different from everyone else and she is then given red socks just so that everybody can see that she is different. To overcome this she burns the socks and shows everyone that she is proud of who she is than is she sent home, but her family and friends see her as different as she is no longer one of them.]]> 2018-10-10 21:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489457 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489491 Definition: The position that the narrator is telling the story from, or in the position that it is being observed from.

Example: Though all stories must some form of point of view I see that the short story "Borders" uses it in a interesting way as the story is written in the first person as it uses the words I, my and we but there are certain parts of the story that look like they are written in the third person. This mostly happens when Laetitia and her mother are talking.  ]]> 2018-10-10 21:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489491 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489516 Definition: A reference to a well known story, person, event, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers mind.

Example: Used in the short story "Never Stop on the Motor Way" the author mentions about "a cat that had crossed the road for the tenth time." This reference is to how people believe that cats have nine lives as they are always getting themselves into trouble, but this reference to crossing the road for a tenth time, means that cat had already ran into live or death scenarios several different times and survived all of them but this was one to many times. ]]> 2018-10-10 21:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489516 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489567 Definition: Is a literary element that evokes certain feelings and vibes into the reader through the words and descriptions. It also creates an emotional setting that affects the reader.

Example: During the short story "Never stop on the Motor Way" the author creates a setting where you are quite concerned on what is going to happen to the main character, Diana. You begin to wonder throughout the story who is chasing her and is it really the murderer. The story creates a mood where you are excited to know what is going to happen next and makes you want the main character to go and survive after this engagement ]]> 2018-10-10 21:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489567 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489596 Definition: Any person, animal or figure that is used within a story. The writer of the story can use a variety of character types to balance out different characters or to create different and interesting plots. 

Example: Olemuan is the definition of a good character as the author describes her as not only the protagonist, but as a round and dynamic character. Olemaun is a round character as throughout the story she becomes very lifelike as it seems that we are there to experience what she went through. She is also a dynamic character because she undergoes though a lot changes during her time at residential schools. She had to become strong and fearless in order to stand up to those that were against her.]]> 2018-10-10 21:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489596 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489646 Definition: A figure of speech where an object, person or situation has another meaning than its literaly meaning.

Example: In the short story "Never stop on the Motor Way" Diana stops at a red traffic light, in most cases the red light would mean stop and wait, but in other cultures the colour red is a symbol of warning that danger is coming which fits well into the story.]]> 2018-10-10 21:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489646 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489703 Definition: The use of words and phrases that hint and set up the stage for a event to happen within the story. Used to give the reader hints to what is going to happen next without revealing or spoiling the plot.  
Example: Used in the short story "Never stop on the Motor Way" the author uses the phrase "the sound of a police siren could just be heard in the distance." The author uses this to hint at the reader that the man with the serrated knife was arrested by the police without actually mentioning it.]]> 2018-10-10 21:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489703 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489715 Definition: When a character thinks back to an event that occurred before the story happen.

Example: Used in the story "Borders" the author uses flashbacks to show the times when Laetitia was still at home in the reverse. The author flashes back to several different times to help the reader understand why Laetitia decided to move away from her family to another country. ]]> 2018-10-10 21:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489715 080_ichen https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489735 Definition: Anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided or mysterious/strange situation. Usually used to create excited anticipation of a approaching event 

Example: The story "Never Stop On The Motorway", uses a lot of different ways of suspense to keep  building up suspense. Like when the black van starts following Diana where ever she goes, and she panics and tries to shake the van off her tail thinking that it is a serial killer. The author does a good job at building up suspense as he writes moments where Diana thinks she got away but then the van swings back behind her. The author also builds up the suspense very slowly to make it more dramatic. ]]> 2018-10-10 21:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/291489735 080_dwynes https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/340238065 2019-03-12 02:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/080_ichen/o006wkbnu1sd/wish/340238065