paratext

paratext

Emmanuel Genette in narrative, in addition to material termfor linked somehow to him.Paratexts can be physically attached to the narrative of the vehicle ("the peritexts"): prefaces, tables of contents, titles, blurbs on the jacket, illustrations. May also be separated from the vehicle, but still connected by Association ("epitexts"): postings by the author, other works by the author.Paratexts have the ability to select how to interpret the narrative, sometimes hard.

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summary

Literature; Literary techniques

A shortened version, containing only the most important points as a simple statement that ties together the main facts or ideas.

apostrophe

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A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.

assonance

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Repetition of the same sound in words close to each other.

zeugma

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Two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them.

tautology

Literature; Literary techniques

Repetition of an idea in a different word, phrase, or sentence.

synecdoche

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Understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part.

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