Literary Elements by ADORIAN SAMMONS https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x en-us 2022-08-15 17:27:23 UTC 2025-11-07 16:40:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Plot 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2261440499 a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story.]]> 2022-08-15 17:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2261440499 Exposition 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2261443310 the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story]]> 2022-08-15 17:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2261443310 rising action 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271712759 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.]]> 2022-08-25 17:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271712759 climax 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271715026 is the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action.]]> 2022-08-25 17:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271715026 falling action 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271716214 the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-25 17:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271716214 resolution 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271717294 The resolution is the end of the story.]]> 2022-08-25 17:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271717294 setting 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271718215 A setting is the time and place in which a story is told.]]> 2022-08-25 17:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271718215 protagonist & antagonist 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271719603 the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.]]> 2022-08-25 17:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271719603 conflict 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271722376 a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.]]> 2022-08-25 17:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271722376 internal conflict 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271723858 the struggle occurring within a character's mind.]]> 2022-08-25 17:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271723858 external conflict 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271727474 sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.]]> 2022-08-25 17:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271727474 man vs man 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271728607 involves two characters struggling against each other]]> 2022-08-25 17:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271728607 man vs society 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271729594  a story in which an individual (or a small group of individuals) chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community.]]> 2022-08-25 17:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271729594 man vs nature 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271730724 an external struggle positioning the character against an animal or a force of nature]]> 2022-08-25 17:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271730724 man vs technology 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271731638 a type of literary conflict in which a character faces technology ]]> 2022-08-25 17:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271731638 theme 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271732263  the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.]]> 2022-08-25 17:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271732263 diction 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271734271 choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.]]> 2022-08-25 17:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271734271 syntax 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271735452 the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.]]> 2022-08-25 17:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271735452 connotation/denotation 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271737654 DENOTATION: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary. CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.]]> 2022-08-25 17:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271737654 tone 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271738564  a literary device that reflects the writer's attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work.]]> 2022-08-25 17:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271738564 mood 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271739063 literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.]]> 2022-08-25 17:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271739063 flashback 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271740266 a scene that takes place before a story begins.]]> 2022-08-25 17:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271740266 foreshadowing 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271741778 a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-08-25 17:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271741778 parallelism 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271742970 the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.]]> 2022-08-25 17:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2271742970 simile 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280967482 direct comparison of two UNLIKE things using ''like'' or ''as.''  (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).]]> 2022-09-02 16:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280967482 metaphor 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280972690 a direct comparison betweem two unlike things WITHOUT using ''like'' or ''as.'' "the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering"]]> 2022-09-02 17:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280972690 extended metaphor 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280974326 a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.  “You're a snake! Everything you hiss out of your mouth is a lie.'']]> 2022-09-02 17:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280974326 personification 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280975514 the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. "he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy"


]]> 2022-09-02 17:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280975514 hyperbole 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280976656 exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. "he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles"]]> 2022-09-02 17:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280976656 symbolism 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280978117 the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. "he has always believed in the importance of symbolism in garden art"]]> 2022-09-02 17:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280978117 oxymoron 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280980857 a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).

]]> 2022-09-02 17:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280980857 euphemism 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280988754 a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
"“downsizing” as a euphemism for cuts"
]]> 2022-09-02 17:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280988754 Allusion 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280990025 an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
"an allusion to Shakespeare"
]]> 2022-09-02 17:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280990025 assonance 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280991413 in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).]]> 2022-09-02 17:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280991413 Alliteration 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280992830 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected word. "the alliteration of “sweet birds sang”"

]]> 2022-09-02 17:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280992830 Cliché 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280993553 a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
"the old cliché “one man's meat is another man's poison.”"
]]> 2022-09-02 17:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280993553 idiomshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUT_WSavAC8 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280996111 a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).]]> 2022-09-02 17:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280996111 pun 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280997524 a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
"the pigs were a squeal (if you'll forgive the pun)"
]]> 2022-09-02 17:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2280997524 POV 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281000334 a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
"I'm trying to get Matthew to change his point of view"
]]> 2022-09-02 17:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281000334 first person 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281002943 In first-person narration, the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. I prefer coffee to hot cocoa.]]> 2022-09-02 17:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281002943 second person 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281004195 In second person point of view the reader is part of the story. The narrator describes the reader's actions, thoughts, and background using "you." It's all about how you look at it.]]> 2022-09-02 17:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281004195 third person objective 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281009133 Third-person objective point of view has a neutral narrator that is not privy to characters' thoughts or feelings. “Hansel walked ahead of Gretel. Gretel dropped breadcrumbs behind her as she went.]]> 2022-09-02 17:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281009133 third person limited 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281010914 What Is Third Person Limited? Third person limited point of view (or POV) is a narration style that gives the perspective of a single character.]]> 2022-09-02 17:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281010914 Third Person Omniscient 033664 https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281011795 The third person omniscient point of view is the most open and flexible POV available to writers.]]> 2022-09-02 17:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/033664/vipf380111seok7x/wish/2281011795