: Re: Is there a name for the technique in songs/poems, where the rhyming pattern primes the listener for a certain line, which never comes? Usually used for comedic purposes, for example in Shrek:

I believe it would just be called a teasing rhyme, or more widely a mind rhyme. As in the link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_rhyme:

Mind rhyme is the suggestion of a rhyme which is left unsaid and must be inferred by the listener. Mind rhyme may be achieved either by stopping short, or by replacing the expected word with another (which may have the same rhyme or not). Teasing rhyme is the use of mind rhyme as a form of innuendo, where the unsaid word is taboo or completes a sentence indelicately.

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: Re: Is there a name for the technique in songs/poems, where the rhyming pattern primes the listener for a certain line, which never comes? Usually used for comedic purposes, for example in Shrek:

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: Literate Cherokee and English dialogue east of the Mississippi in the 1860s with a nineteenth century narrator It is my understanding that the Cherokee, prior to the Trail of Tears were bilingual,

: When to finally reveal plot twist to characters? In a post-apocalyptic novel I'm writing (which is the subject of many questions I've asked on Writing.SE), I recently cut out my entire Chapter

: What should come firstâ€”characters or plot? I'm starting a new fantasy story, and although I had a loose idea of plot, I began sculpting my characters before writing anything. Creating images

: Try choosing something that reflects the attitude of the narrative voice and establish a difference as soon as it's needed. For example: Slutty Susan took a long vape hit and Susi queen bee

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