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* antithesis
* antithesis
* archetype
* archetype
<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
* direct characterization
<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>
* ellision
* ellision
* epistrophe
* epistrophe
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* hypothetical argument (rhetorical situation)
* hypothetical argument (rhetorical situation)
* imagery
* imagery
* indirect characterization
<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