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Literature
Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.
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rising action
Literature; Fiction
A set of conflicts and crises that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot leading up to the climax. See Climax, Denouement, and Plot.
satire
Literature; Fiction
A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.
recognition
Literature; Fiction
The point at which a character understands his or her situation as it really is.
resolution
Literature; Fiction
The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story. See Plot.
reversal
Literature; Fiction
The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist. See Recognition and also Irony.
point of view
Literature; Fiction
The angle of vision from which a story is narrated. See Narrator. A work's point of view can be: first person, in which the narrator is a character or an observer, respectively; ...
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