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Fiction

Contributors in Fiction

Fiction

Character

Literature; Fiction

An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work. Literary characters may be major or minor, static (unchanging) or dynamic (capable of change). In Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona is a major ...

Allegory

Literature; Fiction

A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a storey in which the characters represent moral qualities.

Fable

Literature; Fiction

A brief storey with an explicit moral provided by the author. Fables typically include animals as characters. Their most famous practitioner in the west is the ancient Greek writer Aesop.

Exposition

Literature; Fiction

The first stage of a fictional or dramatic plot, in which necessary background information is provided.

Diction

Literature; Fiction

The selection of words in a literary work. A work's diction forms one of its centrally important literary elements, as writers use words to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify ...

Dialogue

Literature; Fiction

The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction, dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays, characters' speech is preceded by their names.

Denouement

Literature; Fiction

The resolution of the plot of a literary work.

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