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  2. Dialogue in writing - Wikipedia

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    Dialogue, in literature, is conversation between two or more characters. [1] If there is only one character talking, it is a monologue.Dialogue is usually identified by use of quotation marks and a dialogue tag, such as "she said".

  3. Dialogue - Wikipedia

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    In the 1200s, Nichiren Daishonin wrote some of his important writings in dialogue form, describing a meeting between two characters in order to present his argument and theory, such as in "Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin 1: pp. 99–140, dated around 1256), and "On Establishing the ...

  4. The Decay of Lying - Wikipedia

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    Wilde presents the essay as a Socratic dialogue between two characters, Vivian and Cyril, who are named after his own sons. [1] Their conversation, while playful and whimsical, promotes Wilde's view of Aestheticism over Realism. [2] [3] Vivian tells Cyril of an article he has been writing called "The Decay of Lying: A Protest". According to ...

  5. List of contemporary epistolary novels - Wikipedia

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    Emails sent on a single day, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Lucas, Tim: The Book of Renfield: 2005 Diary entries, dialogue transcriptions A book about the character of Renfield from Dracula and thus mimics the format of the novel. Excerpts from Bram Stoker's novel are integrated into the plot

  6. Stichomythia - Wikipedia

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    Stichomythia (Ancient Greek: στιχομυθία, romanized: stikhomuthía) is a technique in verse drama in which sequences of single alternating lines, or half-lines (hemistichomythia [1]) or two-line speeches (distichomythia [2]) are given to alternating characters. It typically features repetition and antithesis. [3]

  7. Socratic dialogue - Wikipedia

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    Galilei's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems compares the Copernican model of the universe with the Aristotelian. Matteo Ricci. Ricci's The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven (天主實義) is a Socratic dialogue between Ricci and a Chinese scholar, where Ricci argues that Christianity and Confucianism are not opposed to each other.

  8. Dramatic monologue - Wikipedia

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    Dramatic monologue is a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character. M.H. Abrams notes the following three features of the dramatic monologue as it applies to poetry: The single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment

  9. Ishmael (Quinn novel) - Wikipedia

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    Largely framed as a Socratic conversation between two characters, [1] Ishmael aims to expose that several widely accepted assumptions of modern society, such as human supremacy, are actually cultural myths that produce catastrophic consequences for humankind and the environment.