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The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author. See Point of view.
Industry:Literature
A figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea. An example: We have always remained loyal to the crown. See Synecdoche.
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A brief story with an explicit moral provided by the author. Fables typically include animals as characters. Their most famous practitioner in the west is the ancient Greek writer Aesop.
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A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. An example: Lend me a hand. See Metonymy.
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The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities. An example: The yellow leaves flaunted their color gaily in the breeze. Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud" includes personification.
Industry:Literature
A story that narrates strange happenings in a direct manner, without detailed descriptions of character.
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A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. An example: My love is like a red, red rose.
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A subsidiary or subordinate or parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot.
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The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist. See Recognition and also Irony.
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