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vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-Ă -vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
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here lies in the two levels of awareness between the character and the audience); and verbal irony, where one states one thing while meaning another. The difference between verbal irony and sarcasm is exquisitely subtle and often contested. The concept of irony is too often misunderstood in popular usage. Unfortunate circumstances and coincidences do not constitute irony (nor do they qualify as being
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would eventually take over Middle Earth. However, Gollum celebrates too eagerly and clumsily falls into the lava, whereby the ring is destroyed and with it Sauron's power. In a way, Gollum does what Frodo and the
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spoken of) and tried to kill him. His parents died protecting him, and when
Voldemort tried to cast a killing curse on Harry, it rebounded and took away most of his strength, and gave Harry Potter a unique ability and connection with the Dark Lord thus marking him as his equal.
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tales begins with the discovery of a young woman's dead body. After the murderer later reveals himself, he narrates his reasons for the murder as a flashback of events leading up to the discovery of her dead body at the beginning of the story.
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Japanese verbal entertainment usually lasting 30 minutes which ends with a surprise punch line, a narrative stunt known as ochi (fall) or sage (lowering). Twelve kinds of ochi are codified and recognized. The earlier
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English political drama show
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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A Compendium of Mistakes in Grammar, Usage, and Spelling with commentary on lexicographers and linguists
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Revisiting the Reading Workshop: A Complete Guide to Organizing and Managing an Effective Reading Workshop That Builds Independent, Strategic Readers
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2008:Fiske, Robert Hartwell (1 November 2011).
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576:is a symbolic instance of poetic justice.
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1937:"Literature Glossary â Defamiliarization"
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1961:Russian Formalist Criticism: Four Essays
1913:"Techniques and Tension in Breaking Bad"
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2192:, 11th ed. (Boston: Cengage, 2015), 169
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693:, the main characters face increasing
635:. There is also an example of this in
255:Almost every episode of TV shows like
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1108:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
701:toward Australia. Learning that the
621:Early examples include the legend of
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2188:M. H. Abrams and Geoffrey Harpham,
1467:Emotional appeal, one of the three
1445:Such as the many stories featuring
858:frequently addresses the audience.
724:. The novel includes an unexpected
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1568:. One of the earliest examples is
964:A narrative that is told from the
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3343:Third-person omniscient narrative
1911:Demchick, Harrison (2013-09-26).
151:locations that parallel those in
2094:"Style Live: Style Invitational"
2047:. Cengage Learning. p. 24.
1767:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1329:This dates back at least to the
954:'s work provides good examples.
441:Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
181:Season of Migration to the North
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1066:uses an omniscient narrator.
2190:A Glossary of Literary Terms
2118:Graham Allen (2 June 2004).
2044:A Glossary of Literary Terms
1724:
1271:(1579) the prose romance by
664:The Wind Through the Keyhole
447:(O cavaleiro da Dinamarca).
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3829:Articulation (sociological)
2240:G. & C. Merriam Company
1822:
1757:The Adventures of Pinocchio
721:The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
415:. More modern examples are
374:courting at the same time.
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1847:Orehovec, Barbara (2003).
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2124:. Routledge. p. 29.
2068:Rose, Judy (2006-09-12).
1576:. The television program
771:, son of Dr. Evil in the
131:by James Joyce is set in
46:methods the creator of a
2738:Self-fulfilling prophecy
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1141:Amplification (rhetoric)
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1063:The Master and Margarita
855:Ferris Bueller's Day Off
614:Self-fulfilling prophecy
543:An early example is the
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3365:Stream of consciousness
2828:Suspension of disbelief
1764:or the Cheshire Cat of
1326:important to the story.
1020:Stream of consciousness
1007:Bright Lights, Big City
998:Second-person narration
918:The Wolf of Wall Street
391:Early examples include
168:serves as a modern-day
2906:Denouement/Catastrophe
2887:Rising action/Epitasis
1878:Arab Studies Quarterly
1245:Dramatic visualization
1057:A Song of Ice and Fire
1047:Third-person narration
944:Gabriel GarcĂa MĂĄrquez
892:First-person narration
582:Predestination paradox
365:repetitive designation
3252:Utopian and dystopian
1872:Murad, Rimun (2018).
445:The Knight of Denmark
294:The Lord of the Rings
225:The Lord of the Rings
3860:Narrative techniques
3585:Literary composition
2806:Narrative techniques
2586:Story within a story
2398:Supporting character
2016:. Scribner. p.
1526:, January 20, 1961.
1413:A Tale of Two Cities
649:Story within a story
384:story within a story
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3834:Composition studies
3783:Creative nonfiction
3648:Linguistic contrast
3641: / devices
3511:Political narrative
3353:Unreliable narrator
3210:Speculative fiction
2918:Nonlinear narrative
2866:Three-act structure
2726:Deal with the Devil
2201:Heath (1994) p. 360
2149:by David Pinault",
2098:The Washington Post
1985:"Allegory Examples"
1808:William Shakespeare
1703:Thematic patterning
1469:modes of persuasion
1175:An example is when
730:unreliable narrator
711:Unreliable narrator
625:, and the story of
32:narrative technique
3489:Narrative paradigm
3484:Narrative identity
3414:Dominant narrative
3360:Multiple narrators
2644:Fictional location
2487:Dramatic structure
1629:The Breakfast Club
1570:Gulliver's Travels
1542:Great Expectations
1510:"Not as a call to
1451:Arthur Conan Doyle
1398:"terrible beauty"
1026:interior monologue
960:Multiperspectivity
875:Gulliver's Travels
835:The characters in
789:Dr. Jennifer Melfi
757:Audience surrogate
699:across the equator
662:In Stephen King's
435:update, subtitled
422:The Legend of Luke
84:narrative elements
60:literary technique
56:using a commentary
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2928:television series
2873:Freytag's Pyramid
2716:Moral development
2619:Alternate history
2329:False protagonist
2054:978-1-4130-3390-8
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1177:John F. Kennedy
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884:Laurence Sterne
850:Frank Underwood
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3604:Description
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3271:Theological
3163:Pop culture
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3022:Epic poetry
2743:Time travel
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2541:Plot device
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869:Technique."
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657:frame story
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601:Red herring
476:The Lusiads
464:The Lusiads
427:Ramsay Wood
380:Frame story
248:Cliffhanger
206:Definition
176:Tayeb Salih
164:'s home at
100:Definition
3854:Categories
3808:Screenplay
3762:Stylistics
3721:Plagiarism
3696:Assemblage
3689:Prewriting
3639:Techniques
3619:Literature
3609:Exposition
3424:Continuity
3293:Nonfiction
3257:Underwater
3153:Picaresque
3128:Historical
3113:Epistolary
2985:Fairy tale
2896:Peripeteia
2878:Exposition
2634:Dreamworld
2576:Stereotype
2546:Plot twist
2294:Antagonist
2229:References
2218:2016-08-16
2104:2022-06-11
2079:2024-06-06
1994:2017-11-14
1946:2017-11-14
1941:shmoop.com
1922:2017-11-14
1858:0439444047
1801:projection
1619:Title drop
1579:South Park
1503:Polyptoton
1347:synecdoche
1208:enjambment
1077:See also:
966:viewpoints
901:Mark Twain
784:Doctor Who
769:Seth Green
765:Dr. Watson
726:plot twist
668:Dark Tower
592:Doctor Who
532:Plot twist
341:Occurs in
287:peripateia
277:Coined by
174:ÙAlso, in
145:Howth Head
125:The novel
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3264:Superhero
3188:Chivalric
3173:Religious
3158:Political
3093:Adventure
3078:Biography
3000:Tall tale
2848:Structure
2833:Symbolism
2801:Narration
2701:Leitmotif
2629:Crossover
2624:Backstory
2581:Story arc
2531:MacGuffin
2502:Flashback
2443:Backstory
2319:Confidant
2299:Archenemy
2286:Character
2278:Narrative
2177:162223060
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1813:King Lear
1725:Character
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1168:Asyndeton
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988:Pale Fire
779:companion
697:drifting
666:, of the
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497:MacGuffin
319:" in the
307:Flashback
215:Backstory
141:Sandycove
113:symbolism
72:assonance
3752:Register
3730:Features
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3516:Rhetoric
3323:Diegesis
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2882:Protasis
2761:Allegory
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2639:Dystopia
2596:Suspense
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2470:Conflict
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1823:See also
1779:Hamartia
1748:Form of
1690:Metaphor
1652:Example
1438:Pastiche
1391:Oxymoron
1341:Metonymy
1263:Euphuism
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1098:Allegory
1092:Example
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809:Mary Sue
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470:and the
443:'s 1964
429:'s 2011
419:'s 1999
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103:Example
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3677:Methods
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3242:Science
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3183:Romance
3133:Mystery
3118:Ergodic
3083:Fiction
3039:Parable
3034:Novella
2964:Fabliau
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2786:Imagery
2776:Diction
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2413:Villain
2366:Byronic
1787:Oedipus
1716:Ulysses
1677:tragedy
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1404:Paradox
1301:Imagery
1280:Euphues
1269:Euphues
1198:Caesura
1155:Anagram
1038:Ulysses
683:In the
629:in the
627:Krishna
623:Oedipus
573:Inferno
472:Odyssey
466:or the
382:, or a
338:detail.
222:Though
157:Odyssey
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