https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc en-us 2022-08-15 17:08:36 UTC 2025-05-21 18:18:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2261430941 the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.]]> 2022-08-15 17:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2261430941 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2261436247 It is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. ]]> 2022-08-15 17:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2261436247 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275049045 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. ]]> 2022-08-29 17:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275049045 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275051677 The CLIMAX of the story is when the CONFLICT of the PLOT is resolved]]> 2022-08-29 17:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275051677 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275054621 In storytelling, falling action refers to the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax. ]]> 2022-08-29 17:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275054621 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275056244 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.]]> 2022-08-29 17:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275056244 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275058382 A setting can be a real time period and geographical location or a fictional world and unfamiliar time period.]]> 2022-08-29 17:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275058382 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275060331 The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals.]]> 2022-08-29 17:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275060331 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275067016 In literature and film, conflict is a clash between two opposing forces that creates the narrative thread for a story.]]> 2022-08-29 17:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2275067016 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2288621305  Internal conflict, which takes place in a person's mind—for example, a struggle to. make a decision or overcome a feeling. Internal conflicts are character vs. self.]]> 2022-09-08 17:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2288621305 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2288624004 External conflict sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.]]> 2022-09-08 17:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2288624004 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2288632865 the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing]]> 2022-09-08 17:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2288632865 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300262190 2022-09-16 16:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300262190 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300366911 Connotation and Denotation are two principal methods of describing the meanings of. words. ]]> 2022-09-16 17:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300366911 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300368234 In literary terms, tone typically refers to the mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel.]]> 2022-09-16 17:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300368234 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300369394 Mood is the emotional atmosphere within the story produced by the author's use of language.]]> 2022-09-16 17:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300369394 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300371307 In fiction, a flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins. Flashbacks interrupt the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life]]> 2022-09-16 17:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300371307 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300372619 Foreshadowing is a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.]]> 2022-09-16 17:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2300372619 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305298346 Parallelism is a term used in literature that refers to two or more words or phrases in sentences that are the same grammatically, as well as in meaning.]]> 2022-09-20 16:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305298346 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305301279 Point of view (POV) in book writing is the perspective from which a story is told.]]> 2022-09-20 16:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305301279 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305305038 In first-person narration, the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. ]]> 2022-09-20 16:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305305038 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305336527 Second-person narration is a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you]]> 2022-09-20 16:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305336527 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305338834 In third-person objective narration, the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters. ]]> 2022-09-20 16:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305338834 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305342415 The third person limited point of view is where the narrator tells the story from the perspective of a single protagonist, referring to them by name or using a third person pronoun such as they/she/he.]]> 2022-09-20 16:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305342415 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305344549 Third person omniscient is a point of view (POV) where the narrator knows everything about the events, characters, and world in the story. ]]> 2022-09-20 16:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305344549 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305363069 A simile is a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.”]]> 2022-09-20 16:59:06 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305363069 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305371585 A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike.]]> 2022-09-20 17:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305371585 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305373665 Personification in a story is defined as figurative language in which inanimate objects are or animals given human qualities.]]> 2022-09-20 17:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305373665 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305375992 Hyperbole is a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect.]]> 2022-09-20 17:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305375992 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305378404 The literary definition of symbolism is “the use of symbols that represent other concepts or ideas in order to convey a deeper meaning.]]> 2022-09-20 17:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305378404 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305380267 An oxymoron is any grouping of oppositional words to create a new, unique word or phrase.]]> 2022-09-20 17:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305380267 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305383332 Euphemism refers to figurative language designed to replace phrasing that would otherwise be considered harsh, impolite, or unpleasant. ]]> 2022-09-20 17:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305383332 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305384565 allusion, in literature, an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. ]]> 2022-09-20 17:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305384565 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305386795 What Is Assonance? Assonance (ăs'ə-nəns) is a literary device in which vowel sounds are repeated within phrases or sentences that are close to each other in the text.]]> 2022-09-20 17:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305386795 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305388773 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.]]> 2022-09-20 17:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305388773 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305393588 A cliche can refer to an overused phrase or expression. But another definition for cliche, and the one that we'll rely on in this article, is a worn-out idea that should've been put to bed a long time ago.]]> 2022-09-20 17:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305393588 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305397318 An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase. Categorized as formulaic language, an idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning.]]> 2022-09-20 17:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305397318 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305399349 A pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or figurative language.]]> 2022-09-20 17:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305399349 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305410265 Irony, in its broadest sense, is a characterization of a situation which discloses that what on the surface appears to be the case contrasts consequentially with what is actually the case. Irony is an important rhetorical device and literary technique.]]> 2022-09-20 17:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305410265 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305411777 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.]]> 2022-09-20 17:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305411777 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305413595 Situational irony is the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected. ]]> 2022-09-20 17:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305413595 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305415172 Dramatic irony is a situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do.]]> 2022-09-20 17:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305415172 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305417725 Characterization or characterization is the representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works. The term character development is sometimes used as a synonym. ]]> 2022-09-20 17:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305417725 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305419459 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.]]> 2022-09-20 17:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305419459 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305421479 Indirect characterization is a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.]]> 2022-09-20 17:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305421479 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305423741 A static character is a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.]]> 2022-09-20 17:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305423741 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305425273 A dynamic character is one who learns a lesson or changes as a person (either for better or for worse).]]> 2022-09-20 17:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305425273 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305426870 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.]]> 2022-09-20 17:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305426870 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305428215 A round character is deep and layered character in a story. ]]> 2022-09-20 17:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305428215 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305430205 Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.]]> 2022-09-20 17:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305430205 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305431318 Ethos is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology. The Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence emotions, behaviors, and even morals. ]]> 2022-09-20 17:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305431318 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305432570 Pathos appeals to the emotions of the audience and elicits feelings that already reside in them. Pathos is a used most often in rhetoric, as well as in literature, film and other narrative art. ]]> 2022-09-20 17:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2305432570 032409 https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2306781561 Logos, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, which can have the meanings "I put in order, arrange, gather, I choose, count, reckon, I say, speak". It is a term used in Western philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion.]]> 2022-09-21 12:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/032409/pzguhrvrejgq2ppc/wish/2306781561