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  2. Characterization - Wikipedia

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    The way a character speaks can be a powerful way of revealing the character's personality. In theory, a reader should be able to identify which character is speaking simply from the way they talk. [11] When a character voice has been created that is rich and distinctive, the writer can get away with omitting many speech attributions (tag lines ...

  3. Character (arts) - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic characters are those that change over the course of the story, while static characters remain the same throughout. An example of a popular dynamic character in literature is Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. At the start of the story, he is a bitter miser, but by the end of the tale, he ...

  4. List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia

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    Name Definition Example Setting as a form of symbolism or allegory: The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction; sometimes, storytellers use the setting as a way to represent deeper ideas, reflect characters' emotions, or encourage the audience to make certain connections that add complexity to how the story may be interpreted.

  5. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    An allegory is a story that has a second meaning, usually by endowing characters, objects or events with symbolic significance. The entire story functions symbolically; often a pattern relates each literal item to a corresponding abstract idea or principle.

  6. List of narrative forms - Wikipedia

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    Epic poem – a lengthy story of heroic exploits in the form of a poem. Essay - a short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point; Fable – a didactic story, often using animal characters who behave like people. Fantasy – a story about characters that may not be realistic and about events that could not really happen.

  7. Narration - Wikipedia

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    Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. [1] Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the plot: the series of events.

  8. First-person narrative - Wikipedia

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    Other forms include temporary first-person narration as a story within a story, wherein a narrator or character observing the telling of a story by another is reproduced in full, temporarily, and without interruption shifting narration to the speaker. The first-person narrator can also be the focal character.

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction - Wikipedia

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    The new article is sometimes called a "spinoff" or "spinout" of the main article. For fiction, such spinout articles are typically about characters or other elements that appear in multiple works. There may be a list of characters. If one individual character or plot item is sufficiently notable, it could have its own article.