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The temperature at which condensation begins.
The temperature at which condensation begins.
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 themes, and suggest values. We can speak of the diction ...
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 themes, and suggest values. We can speak of the diction ...
The anxious anticipation of a reader or an audience as to the outcome of a story, especially concerning the character or characters with whom sympathetic attachments are formed. Suspense helps to secure and sustain the interest of the reader or audience ...
The anxious anticipation of a reader or an audience as to the outcome of a story, especially concerning the character or characters with whom sympathetic attachments are formed. Suspense helps to secure and sustain the interest of the reader or audience ...
The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist. See Recognition and also Irony.
The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist. See Recognition and also Irony.
See character.
See character.
A state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy
A state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy
a bench seat across the width of an open boat.
a bench seat across the width of an open boat.
The struggle within the plot between opposing forces. The protagonist engages in the conflict with the antagonist, which may take the form of a character, society, nature, or an aspect of the protagonist’s personality. See also character, plot.
The struggle within the plot between opposing forces. The protagonist engages in the conflict with the antagonist, which may take the form of a character, society, nature, or an aspect of the protagonist’s personality. See also character, plot.
A Marxian theory describing the political events following a worker revolution. According to Marx, this inevitable revolution would ultimately lead to the creation of a classless, communist society characterized by harmony and equality.
A Marxian theory describing the political events following a worker revolution. According to Marx, this inevitable revolution would ultimately lead to the creation of a classless, communist society characterized by harmony and equality.
In drama, a speech directed to the audience that supposedly is not audible to the other characters onstage at the time. When Hamlet first appears onstage, for example, his aside "A little more than kin, and less than kind!" gives the audience a strong sense ...
In drama, a speech directed to the audience that supposedly is not audible to the other characters onstage at the time. When Hamlet first appears onstage, for example, his aside "A little more than kin, and less than kind!" gives the audience a strong sense ...