Remake of Literary Term Examples by Besmah Al-Ashari https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC 2024-10-02 04:57:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png Metaphor+Simile 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238630 Metaphor: A figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity; makes an analogy between two things to show how one resembles the other in some way (directly stated)
Simile: is a type of metaphor in which the comparison is made with the use of the word like or as .

(Example - see also: allusion, irony, personification, imagery)
]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238630 Tone: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238631 The writer’s attitude toward the character, subject, and audience of a story. ]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238631 Syntax: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238632 The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences.

]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238632 Theme: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238633 An insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work. It is rarely stated by the author and requires that the reader make inferences based on clues given in the text.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238633 Allegory: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238634 A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238634 Motif: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238635 A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., that is related to the theme. Usually found in a literary, artistic, or musical work]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238635 Symbolism: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238636 A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something more than itself.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238636 Personfication: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238637 When a writer gives human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects to create imagery.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238637 Paradox: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238638 A statement that appears self-contradictory, yet reveals a kind of truth. Shows the complexities of life.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238638 Mood: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238639 The climate or feeling of a literary work. Reflects the emotional response of the reader to the writing.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238639 Irony (Situational, Verbal, & Dramatic): 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238640 incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
Dramatic Irony: irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
Situational Irony: irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238640 Imagery (+Sensory Details): 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238641 Descriptive language that can function as a way for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature
Sensory Details: Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the details of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound.



]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238641 Foil: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238642 A character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238642 Diction: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238643 the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; the style of enunciation in speaking or singing.

]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238643 Denotation: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238644 The literal meaning (dictionary definition) of a word.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238644 Connotation: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238645 An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its actual definition.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238645 Characterization (Indirect & Direct): 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238646 An insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work. It is rarely stated by the author and requires that the reader make inferences based on clues given in the text.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238646 Archetype:  3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238647 An original model of a person, a perfect example, or a prototype upon which others are copied; a universally recognized symbol.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238647 Anthropomorphism: 3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238648 Aims to make an animal or object behave and appear like they are human beings. Similar to personification, but its focus is not on imagery.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238648 Allusion:  3065289 https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238649 A reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.]]> 2016-09-25 21:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3065289/ucw73iiz3d7p/wish/126238649