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Fiction

Narrator

Literature; Fiction

The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author. See Point of view.

Resolution

Literature; Fiction

The sorting out or unravelling 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 storey 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; objective, in which ...

Plot

Literature; Fiction

The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict, Climax, Denouement, and Flashback.

Symbol

Literature; Fiction

An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself.

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.

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