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: What's the name of this type of "literary work"? Character1: dialogue Character2: *action* Character1: ... Character1: dialogue In the context of fanfiction, they're sometimes referred to as drabbles.
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: Term for future-tense technique that isn't exactly foreshadowing Not sure if this has a name, but I think it's best demonstrated with some examples I've seen: Nadia and her family both considered
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: What is this device of using quotes to imply that a character represents or symbolizes someone else? In the movie Prometheus, David 8 quotes a passage from "Paradise Lost" said by Lucifer. He
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: What's the name of the trope that means fae can't cross over unless a human crosses over first? There's a trope I remember, having a denizen of the fae realm only be able to cross over to
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: What is "Buying Back My Book"? I have read on a few different author blogs, as well as some answers here I think, references to the author needing to "buy back" rights to their books. Having
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: What's the term used to describe a twist which is badly written because the twist is based on information not yet available to audience? Context: In my question How did Olaf know?, I asked
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: How to draw the line between expository and argumentative writing? I read many articles on-line, but cannot understand where to draw the line between expository and argumentative writing. According
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: Types of written discourses The last few days I tried to find an overview of the types of writings one could pursue. Thereby not meaning styles of writing or guides on how to structure a
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: Separator character for terminology and definitions section? If I write a section of terminology and definitions in academic writing, which is the correct unicode character for the "-"? Is it
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: Taxonomy of understanding: term Years ago I encountered a term to describe the way verbs are used taxonomically in college syllabi to suggest different levels of comprehension. The hierarchy, in
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: Graphical presentation method nomenclature I'm part of a technical documentation team where I'm suggesting the document designers different methods for graphical presentation. Each time I need to
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: What are the correct terms regarding (this literary) technique? An example comes from a cartoon where there is a woman talking to her boyfriend. There's a "cloud" that comes from her mouth,
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: What is this 'pretend dialogue' technique called There's a style that is popular on blogs, and takes the form of a dialogue between the reader and the author, where the author provides both
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: What term describes the language used in comparing the ideas of different authors? I teach a course preparing students for college-level writing. In one writing task, the students need to read
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: Does a thematic quote qualify as an allusion? I am writing a paper on "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" and I need to include an allusion in my introduction paragraph. Can
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: Source for literary terms? The other day my wife, who went to quite a good school, told me that her literature teacher had taught her class abbreviations of terms which they were then asked
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: What is the term for written expressions that lead to "reading between the lines?" What is the term for something that is inferred, but not explicitly written within the text?
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: Pantsing a story? I heard a writer talking about pantsing a story. What does that mean?
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: What is the authority on literary terms and phrases I'm thinking of terms like Character Development, Character Progression, Character Growth, Character Regression, Narrative Arc, Main Character,
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: Orphan heading OR isolated heading OR other? Most of the writing style guides I've looked at define/discuss the terms "orphan" and "widow" with respect to written prose (paragraphs) only. They
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: What is the literary device/technique called where something unusual is presented so it seems natural? This recent question, What is the literary device/technique called where something familiar
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: Is there a prefix for 'old'? I am writing a sci-fi novel in which humanity has struggled to survive in colonies throughout the solar system after the Earth becomes uninhabitable. I am writing
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: Is there a term for 'The Secret Garden' and similar works? For some time now I've been curious about how to classify a small group of literary works. They include The Secret Garden, Polyanna,
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: Using "Earth words" in a futuristic, fictional setting As a writer of primarily science fiction, I've often struggled with finding a happy medium between making the prose/dialogue relatable for
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