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  2. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  3. Lists of fictional characters by work - Wikipedia

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    List of The Hunger Games characters; List of The Jungle Book characters; List of The Karate Kid characters; List of The Librarian characters; List of The Mummy characters; List of The Phantom (film) characters; List of The Pink Panther characters; List of The Producers characters; List of The Stand characters; List of The Strangerhood ...

  4. Author surrogate - Wikipedia

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    Frequently, the author surrogate is the same as the main character and/or the protagonist, and is also often the narrator.As an example, the author surrogate may be the one who delivers political diatribe, expressing the author's beliefs, or expound on the strengths and weaknesses of other characters, thereby communicating directly the author's opinion on the characters in question.

  5. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary was first considered in 2006 when Koenig was studying at Macalester College, Minnesota and attempting to write poetry.The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows was the idea he came up with that would contain all the words he needed for his poetry, including emotions that had never been linguistically described. [11]

  6. MacGuffin - Wikipedia

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    The use of a MacGuffin as a plot device predates the name MacGuffin. The Holy Grail of Arthurian legend has been cited as an early example of a MacGuffin. The Holy Grail is the desired object that is essential to initiate and advance the plot, but the final disposition of the Grail is never revealed, suggesting that the object is not of significance in itself. [8]

  7. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1960s and '70s U.S. emerged, an avantgardist artistic, dramatic and literary movement is characterized by an economy with words and a focus on surface description. [125] [126] [127] Samuel Beckett, Grace Paley, Raymond Carver, Frederick Barthelme, Richard Ford, Mary Robison, Amy Hempel, Jon Fosse: British Poetry Revival

  8. Jubal Harshaw - Wikipedia

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    Paul di Filippo called the character "the Heinlein mouthpiece in Stranger in a Strange Land". [5]Alexei Panshin found Harshaw to be a poorly drawn character. "Jubal Harshaw, too, is lessened by his super powers -- doctor, lawyer, etc; his multiple training seems a gratuitous gift from Heinlein without reason or explanation. . . .

  9. Category:Lists of literary characters - Wikipedia

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    List of Seikai characters; List of Septimus Heap characters; List of A Series of Unfortunate Events characters; List of The Shapeshifter characters; List of Shiloh characters; List of So I'm a Spider, So What characters; List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters; List of The Southern Vampire Mysteries characters; List of Star Trek: New Frontier ...