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Polyphony (literature)

Simultaneity of points of view and voices in a narrative

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Narrative environment
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Idiot plot

Pejorative term in literary criticism

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Metanoia (rhetoric)
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Modes of discourse

Major types of writing and speaking

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Lexis (Aristotle)

Total set of all words in a language

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Moral

Message that is conveyed or lesson to be learned from a story or event

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Focal character

Character meant to be the audience's focus

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Characterization

Representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works of art

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Had I but known

Form of prolepsis or foreshadowing

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Rule of three (writing)

Writing principle

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Narrative

Account that presents connected events

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Narrative paradigm

Communication theory

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Narrative thread

Sequence of situations in narrative theory

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Character arc

Process of dynamic characters' transformation

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First-person narrative

Story told from a narrator's point of view

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Myth of redemptive violence
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Plot point

Significant event within a plot

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Narrative designer

Video game development role

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Dramatica (software)
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