Guide to Literary Terms Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Guide to Literary Terms Group at eNotes. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:41:37 en-us <![CDATA[Dialogue is, in short, talking. It is the exchange of thoughts and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:41:37 PST <![CDATA[ "What is dialog," smart-kid53 asked curiously. "Dialogue (occassionally...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:11:30 PST <![CDATA[I assume you're talking about plays and such... In literature, a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:09:01 PST <![CDATA[What is dialog? Please leave an example]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-dialog-please-leave-an-example-114215 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:52:17 PST <![CDATA[Rhetorical devices are figures of speech; devices that create various...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-rhetorical-devices-and-what-difference-113761 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-rhetorical-devices-and-what-difference-113761 Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:17:26 PST <![CDATA[Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, whether through writing or through...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-rhetorical-devices-and-what-difference-113761 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-rhetorical-devices-and-what-difference-113761 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:55:55 PST <![CDATA[What are rhetorical devices? & What is the difference between that...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-rhetorical-devices-and-what-difference-113761 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-rhetorical-devices-and-what-difference-113761 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:51:33 PST <![CDATA[Perhaps, the manner in which the prompt is phrased in a manner for you...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/can-you-help-me-explain-this-essay-prompt-113527 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/can-you-help-me-explain-this-essay-prompt-113527 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:40:56 PST <![CDATA[You're right to be confused. I'm confused, too! There is only one use...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/can-you-help-me-explain-this-essay-prompt-113527 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/can-you-help-me-explain-this-essay-prompt-113527 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:41:46 PST <![CDATA[Can you help me explain this essay prompt?]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/can-you-help-me-explain-this-essay-prompt-113527 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/can-you-help-me-explain-this-essay-prompt-113527 Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:46:32 PST <![CDATA[Metaphor is an implicit or indirect analogy as opposed to simile which...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-good-metaphor-an-element-nature-113109 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-good-metaphor-an-element-nature-113109 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:04:50 PST <![CDATA[What is a good metaphor for an element of nature?]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-good-metaphor-an-element-nature-113109 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-good-metaphor-an-element-nature-113109 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:35:56 PST <![CDATA[The key difference between composing similes and metaphors lies in the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/please-give-me-smilies-taste-hair-sound-dragon-112879 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/please-give-me-smilies-taste-hair-sound-dragon-112879 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:34:52 PST <![CDATA[Please give me smilies for: taste, hair, sound and a dragon... Give...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/please-give-me-smilies-taste-hair-sound-dragon-112879 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/please-give-me-smilies-taste-hair-sound-dragon-112879 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:26:22 PST <![CDATA[Realism in drama refers to closely representing truth in the observed...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-diffrenece-between-realism-naturalism-drama-108133 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-diffrenece-between-realism-naturalism-drama-108133 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:37:16 PST <![CDATA[Metatheatre is a term coined by Lionel Abel, but there are various...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-metatheatre-metatheatricality-109181 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-metatheatre-metatheatricality-109181 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:04:48 PST <![CDATA["Meta" is "above," "beyond," or "about."  So, metatheatre or metadrama...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-metatheatre-metatheatricality-109181 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/what-metatheatre-metatheatricality-109181 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:00:06 PST <![CDATA[  Extraposition of Subject and Object in English sentences (S/V/O) may...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/need-some-info-and-urls-about-extraposition-62907 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/need-some-info-and-urls-about-extraposition-62907 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:40:44 PST <![CDATA[A sentence in the active voice will have a transitive verb, that is, the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/want-change-this-sentence-passive-1-went-alex-110655 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/want-change-this-sentence-passive-1-went-alex-110655 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:23:02 PST <![CDATA[A sentence is in the passive voice when the object of the action in the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/want-change-this-sentence-passive-1-went-alex-110655 http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/q-and-a/want-change-this-sentence-passive-1-went-alex-110655 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:03:16 PST