https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9 en-us 2022-08-15 17:28:00 UTC 2025-06-17 16:21:43 UTC hello@padlet.com 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2261439303 a plot is the sequence of events that make up a story]]> 2022-08-15 17:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2261439303 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2261442595 the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story]]> 2022-08-15 17:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2261442595 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263523125 the section of a story that leads toward its climax.]]> 2022-08-17 17:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263523125 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263523849 the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action.]]> 2022-08-17 17:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263523849 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263525072 the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.]]> 2022-08-17 17:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263525072 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263526960 The resolution is the end of the story. It occurs after the CLIMAX.]]> 2022-08-17 17:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263526960 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263529617 the time and place in which a story is told]]> 2022-08-17 17:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263529617 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263532374 The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals.]]> 2022-08-17 17:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263532374 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263533519 thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire]]> 2022-08-17 17:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263533519 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263535590 when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.]]> 2022-08-17 17:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263535590 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263538438  sets a character against something or someone beyond their control.
man vs. man
man vs. society
man vs. nature 
man vs. technology ]]> 2022-08-17 17:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263538438 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263539647 the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.]]> 2022-08-17 17:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263539647 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263548891 a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.]]> 2022-08-17 17:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263548891 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263550199 parallelism, in rhetoric, component of literary style in both prose and poetry, in which coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording.]]> 2022-08-17 17:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2263550199 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271714887 the vantage point from which a story is presented.]]> 2022-08-25 17:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271714887 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271716538 A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a storyteller recounts events from his or her own point of view using the first person such as "I", "us", "our" and "ourselves". It may be narrated by a first-person protagonist, first-person re-teller, first-person witness, or first-person peripheral. ]]> 2022-08-25 17:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271716538 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271718132  a little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you.]]> 2022-08-25 17:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271718132 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271720264 the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.]]> 2022-08-25 17:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271720264 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271724654 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.]]> 2022-08-25 17:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271724654 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271727682 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]]> 2022-08-25 17:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271727682 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271739006 a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.”]]> 2022-08-25 17:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271739006 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271742396 A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike. An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.]]> 2022-08-25 17:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271742396 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271744652 attribution of personal qualities especially : representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form. 2 : a divinity or imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction.]]> 2022-08-25 17:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2271744652 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969188 a scene that takes place before a story begins]]> 2022-08-29 16:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969188 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969462
mood refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.]]> 2022-08-29 16:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969462 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969606 Tone is a literary device that reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work.]]> 2022-08-29 16:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969606 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969833 the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence]]> 2022-08-29 16:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274969833 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274970036 DENOTATION: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary. CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.]]> 2022-08-29 16:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274970036 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274970335 choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.]]> 2022-08-29 16:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274970335 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274985646 a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.]]> 2022-08-29 16:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2274985646 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2280985152 A literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, location, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning]]> 2022-09-02 17:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2280985152 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292573330 a rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions.]]> 2022-09-12 15:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292573330 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292577754 an appropriate expression used in the place of a phrase or words that may be found inappropriate or offensive.]]> 2022-09-12 15:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292577754 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292580770 Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. ]]> 2022-09-12 15:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292580770 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292584509 Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants.]]> 2022-09-12 15:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292584509 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292590313 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.]]> 2022-09-12 15:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292590313 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292626140 1 : a trite phrase or expression also : the idea expressed by it. 2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation. 3 : something (such as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace.]]> 2022-09-12 15:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292626140 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292644371 a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.]]> 2022-09-12 15:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292644371 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292647428 A pun is a literary device that is also known as a “play on words.” Puns involve words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings. Their play on words also relies on a word or phrase having more than one meaning.]]> 2022-09-12 15:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292647428 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292653659 whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.]]> 2022-09-12 15:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292653659 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292655786 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.]]> 2022-09-12 15:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292655786 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292657255 the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.]]> 2022-09-12 16:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292657255 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292662203 a literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.]]> 2022-09-12 16:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2292662203 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305179547 Characterization is a name for the methods a writer uses to reveal a character's values, feelings, goals, etc. to readers.]]> 2022-09-20 15:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305179547 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305181563  when an author describes a character in a straightforward manner, as if telling the reader directly.]]> 2022-09-20 15:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305181563 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305185073 Indirect characterization is a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.]]> 2022-09-20 15:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305185073 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305187622 one that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end]]> 2022-09-20 15:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305187622 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305190089  a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story]]> 2022-09-20 15:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305190089 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305192647 two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.]]> 2022-09-20 15:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305192647 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305195653 characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.]]> 2022-09-20 15:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305195653 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305199913 Rhetoric refers to the study and uses of written, spoken and visual language.]]> 2022-09-20 15:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305199913 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305202760 Ethos (Greek for “character”) • Focuses attention on the writer's or speaker's trustworthiness. • Takes one of two forms: “appeal to character” or “appeal to credibility.” • A writer may show “ethos” through her tone, such as taking care to show more.]]> 2022-09-20 15:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305202760 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305203968 Pathos, or the appeal to emotion, means to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.]]> 2022-09-20 15:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305203968 039575 https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305205353 Logos, or the appeal to logic, means 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.]]> 2022-09-20 15:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/039575/ylpwddc4htgzphf9/wish/2305205353