https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t World Lit 2nd en-us 2022-08-16 12:00:35 UTC 2025-10-07 12:25:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26bd.png 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262182767 The series of related events in a story or play,
sometimes called the story line.]]> 2022-08-16 12:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262182767 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262190190 The beginning of the story. It is where the characters and setting are introduced.]]> 2022-08-16 12:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262190190 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262200715 A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.]]> 2022-08-16 12:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262200715 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262207297 The most intense, exciting, or important point of something.]]> 2022-08-16 12:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262207297 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262209144 The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.]]> 2022-08-16 12:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262209144 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262211293 The resolution is the end of the story.]]> 2022-08-16 13:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262211293 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262213384 The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place.]]> 2022-08-16 13:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2262213384 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286280161 comparison using like or as

He runs as fast as a cheetah.
I moved like lightning when I saw the mouse crawl across the floor.]]> 2022-09-07 12:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286280161 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286282955 Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
An extended metaphor is a metaphor that continues over several lines of text.

Metaphor- She is drowning in a sea of grief.]]> 2022-09-07 12:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286282955 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286284797 Definition: Giving non-human things human characteristics.
Example: The walls were talking. The stairs screamed in agony as he began to climb them.]]> 2022-09-07 12:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286284797 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286286510 An over exaggeration of emotions, and over statement.

Examples: I have told you a million times to clean your room]]> 2022-09-07 12:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286286510 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286291735 A symbol is a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning and stands for smoothing more than itself.

Symbolism is using symbols to represent qualities or ideas. 
The flag still flew high in the sky. Flag- strength, freedom, 
She wore a white wedding dress gown. White- peace, innocents, purity.]]> 2022-09-07 12:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286291735 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286294836 Combines two opposites or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Example: Jumbo shrimp, bitter sweet. Deafening Silence]]> 2022-09-07 12:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286294836 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286302788 A mild or indirect word or expression used for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or horrible. A way of making something sound not so bad.

Examples:
Euphemism: "Were going to have to let you go."
Really saying: You are fired!

Euphemism: Friendly fire
Really: In the army, they have killed their own people.



]]> 2022-09-07 12:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286302788 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286306402 Making a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, sports, science, culture, etc.

Example: He is a real Romeo.
He slapped like Will.
He's got the Midas touch.

]]> 2022-09-07 12:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286306402 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286309667 The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.

Example: The tide rises, the tide falls.

The fat cat sat on a mat inside a hat]]> 2022-09-07 12:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286309667 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286313131 The repetition of the same or similar initial consonant sounds in words closes together.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

How much would could a wood chuck chuck if he could chuck wood.]]> 2022-09-07 12:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286313131 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286319527 A word or phrase that is over used and has become lifeless.
Pretty as a picture.
Sweet as pie.
Love is blind.]]> 2022-09-07 12:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286319527 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286322828 An expression that cannot be interpreted literally.

Example:
It's raining cats and dogs.
I lost my head.]]> 2022-09-07 12:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286322828 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286326656 A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

Puns involving animals are amooesing.
The sign on the lawn at the drug facility said: stay off the grass.]]> 2022-09-07 12:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2286326656 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2288491929 the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.]]> 2022-09-08 16:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2288491929 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2288493342 the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.]]> 2022-09-08 16:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2288493342 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289520048 Connotation- an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Denotation- the objective meaning of a word.]]> 2022-09-09 11:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289520048 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289521523 the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.]]> 2022-09-09 11:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289521523 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289523412 the atmosphere of the narrative and is created by means of setting, attitude, and descriptions.]]> 2022-09-09 11:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289523412 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289525202 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. ]]> 2022-09-09 11:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289525202 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289525753 is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-09-09 11:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289525753 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289527025 is the repetition of the same grammatical form in two or more parts of a sentence.]]> 2022-09-09 11:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289527025 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289527874 point of view, in literature, the vantage point from which a story is presented.]]> 2022-09-09 11:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289527874 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289528297 2022-09-09 11:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289528297 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289528963 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.]]> 2022-09-09 11:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289528963 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289533499 In third-person objective narration, the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-09-09 11:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289533499 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289534153 Third person limited point of view, on the other hand, is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.]]> 2022-09-09 11:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289534153 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289535093 This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale, who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the story being told: diving into private thoughts, narrating secret or hidden events]]> 2022-09-09 11:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2289535093 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319233084 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.]]> 2022-09-29 11:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319233084 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319234313 A person says one thing and means the other. (Sarcasm)

- Your teacher: "I just love when students don't do their homework!"]]> 2022-09-29 11:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319234313 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319235755 When a situation turns it to be the opposite of what you thought it would be.

- A fire station that burns down]]> 2022-09-29 11:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319235755 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319236622 When the reader knows what is going on to happen before a character does.

- In Snow White, the audience knows the apple is poisoned, but Snow White does not.]]> 2022-09-29 11:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319236622 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319240986 the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.]]> 2022-09-29 11:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319240986 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319242411 the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.]]> 2022-09-29 12:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319242411 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319768719 a quality that evokes pity or sadness.]]> 2022-09-29 16:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2319768719 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323574696 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.]]> 2022-10-03 11:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323574696 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323591114 Characterization is a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers.]]> 2022-10-03 11:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323591114 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323592724 Direct characterization is when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly.]]> 2022-10-03 11:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323592724 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323595656 Indirect characterization is a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.]]> 2022-10-03 11:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323595656 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323603585 A static character is a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline. Their environment may change, but they retain the same personality and outlook as they had at the beginning of the story.]]> 2022-10-03 12:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323603585 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323621886 the term "dynamic character" means simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.]]> 2022-10-03 12:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323621886 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323624234 Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.]]> 2022-10-03 12:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323624234 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323625483 round characters, characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.]]> 2022-10-03 12:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323625483 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323628984 problems are called conflict. More precisely, conflict means thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire. It's basically when a character wants something but something else gets in the way. Maybe the character wants a thing but can't get it.]]> 2022-10-03 12:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323628984 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323632195 Internal conflict is a psychological conflict that is internal to a character. Mental struggle arising from competing feelings, desires, impulses, etc.]]> 2022-10-03 12:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323632195 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323633843 A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. The theme of a story can be conveyed using characters, setting, dialogue, plot, or a combination of all of these elements.]]> 2022-10-03 12:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323633843 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323635666 A protagonist and antagonist are opposites – antonyms. The protagonists are generally the good guys (even it means that sometimes they are antiheroes) while antagonists are generally the bad guys.]]> 2022-10-03 12:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2323635666 034755 https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2442227969 2023-01-12 13:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/034755/s14bnbzyd4mwmd4t/wish/2442227969