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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:characterization| also called "character development"; the direct or indirect narrative development of a character's qualities, motives, actions, appearance, etc.; note that character as an explicit literary technique is a modern development; ancient texts focused on archetypes and mythological character "types" that represent larger ideas}}</ul></li> | |||
* colloquialism | * colloquialism | ||
* comedy | * comedy | ||
* counter-argument | * counter-argument | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:direct characterization| character development or display through explicit descriptions or development of a characters traits; ex. "His hair was messy. He was sullen, tired, ill-disposed"}}</ul></li> | |||
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* hypothetical argument (rhetorical situation) | * hypothetical argument (rhetorical situation) | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:indirect characterization| character development or display through descriptions or development of a characters through their actions and interactions with other characters; ex. "She decided upon intervening herself in the affair, interjecting her words despite their rejection"}}</ul></li> | |||
* irony | * irony | ||
* juxtaposition | * juxtaposition | ||