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  2. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia

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    Some researchers include a metacognitive component in their definition. In this view, the Dunning–Kruger effect is the thesis that those who are incompetent in a given area tend to be ignorant of their incompetence, i.e., they lack the metacognitive ability to become aware of their incompetence.

  3. Markovian Parallax Denigrate - Wikipedia

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    Markovian Parallax Denigrate is a series [1] of hundreds of messages [2] posted to Usenet in 1996. [3] The messages, which appear to be gibberish, were all posted with the subject line "Markovian parallax denigrate". [3]

  4. Chekhov's gun - Wikipedia

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    A common misconception is that the reveal itself is a Chekhov's gun plot element. There are however exceptions in the James Bond films; in Licence to Kill for example, Bond gets an instant camera with a built-in laser gun that takes X-ray pictures, but is immediately used for comedic effect and makes no further appearance in the film.

  5. Microaggression - Wikipedia

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    In reviewing the microaggression literature, Scott Lilienfeld suggested that microassaults should probably be struck from the taxonomy because the examples provided in the literature tend not to be "micro", but are outright assaults, intimidation, harassment and bigotry; in some cases, examples have included criminal acts. [22]

  6. List of fictional antiheroes - Wikipedia

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    1 Literature. 2 Film. 3 Comic books. 4 Television. ... Print/export Download as PDF; ... This article may contain excessive or irrelevant examples.

  7. Theme (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    The most common contemporary understanding of theme is an idea or point that is central to a story, which can often be summed in a single word (for example, love, death, betrayal). Typical examples of themes of this type are conflict between the individual and society; coming of age; humans in conflict with technology; nostalgia ; and the ...

  8. Semiotic literary criticism - Wikipedia

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    Semiotic literary criticism, also called literary semiotics, is the approach to literary criticism informed by the theory of signs or semiotics.Semiotics, tied closely to the structuralism pioneered by Ferdinand de Saussure, was extremely influential in the development of literary theory out of the formalist approaches of the early twentieth century.

  9. Affective fallacy - Wikipedia

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    The concept of affective fallacy is an answer to the idea of impressionistic criticism, which argues that the reader's response to a poem is the ultimate indication of its value. It is the antithesis of affective criticism, which is the practice of evaluating the effect that a literary work has on its reader or audience.