stil

stil

The way an author chooses words, arranges them in sentences or in lines of dialogue or verse, and develops ideas and actions with description, imagery, and other literary techniques. See Connotation, Denotation, Diction, Figurative language, Image, Imagery, Irony, Metaphor, Narrator, Point of view, Syntax, and Tone.

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The way in which a person lives, identified by his activities, interests and opinions.

indirektni stil

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Speech or thinking of a character rendered in the narrator’s own words: “It was a hot day. Elspeth asked herself why she should be lugging stones on a day such as that.”

direktni stil

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antagonista

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A character or force against which another character struggles.

alegorija

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

flešbek

Literature; Fiction

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fikcija

Literature; Fiction

An imagined story, whether in prose, poetry, or drama.

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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.

karakterizacija

Literature; Fiction

The means by which writers present and reveal character. Although techniques of characterization are complex, writers typically reveal characters through their speech, dress, ...

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