allegory
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the use of events and characters as symbols
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adjective
considering something such as a god, animal, or object as having human features or qualities
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a sudden change in speech or writing from a serious or important subject to one that is silly or ordinary
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someone or something that solves a situation that seemed impossible to solve in a sudden and unlikely way, especially in a book, play, movie, etc.
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a way that a writer, artist, etc. creates a particular effect or makes people have a particular reaction
an American spelling of dialogue
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a situation in which an audience knows more about what is happening in a play or movie than the characters do
verb
to deal with the progress or development of someone or something in a book, movie, or television program
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a piece of writing in which a writer expresses what a character in a novel or story is thinking
if a writer kills off someone in a book, play, movie, or television program, they make them die in the story
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the freedom to change facts or events, or to ignore rules when you are writing something in order to communicate your meaning more clearly
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a problem that writers have when they cannot start or continue with a piece of writing because they have no more ideas
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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