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  2. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  3. Category:Video games based on novels - Wikipedia

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    This can include novels and short stories, published in books, magazines, in e-books or even online as text. Limitations: If the game directly references content or design from another adaptation of literature, such as a movie, it is no longer considered to be based "solely" on the original literature and is instead based on the new derivative ...

  4. Novel - Wikipedia

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    Novels can, on the other hand, depict the social, political and personal realities of a place and period with clarity and detail not found in works of history. Several novels, for example Ông cố vấn written by Hữu Mai, were designed to be and defined as a "non-fiction" novel which purposefully recorded historical facts in the form of a ...

  5. Interactive fiction - Wikipedia

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    It won best game, best writing, best individual non-player character, and best individual player character in the 2007 XYZZY Awards. 80 Days by inkle (2014). An interactive adventure based on the novel by Jules Verne, it was nominated by TIME as their Game of the Year for 2014. [40] 9:05 by Adam Cadre. It is commonly seen as an easy gateway for ...

  6. List of novels based on video games - Wikipedia

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    Prequel novel to the game. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy: S.D. Perry: ISBN 0671024396: Pocket Books Based on the 1996 video game: Caliban Cove: ISBN 978-0-671-02440-6: City Of The Dead: ISBN 0671024418: Based on Resident Evil 2: Underworld: ISBN 0671024426: Nemesis (Book 5) ISBN 978-0-671-78496-6: Based on Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

  7. Visual novel - Wikipedia

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    Visual novels are commonly characterized with dialog boxes and sprites denoting the speaker. This is a recreation of the usual screen layout of a visual novel, generated by the Ren'Py game engine. Despite using the narrative style of literature, visual novels have evolved a style somewhat different from print novels. In general, visual novels ...

  8. Redux (literary term) - Wikipedia

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    Redux is a postpositive adjective meaning 'brought back, restored' (from Latin reducere, 'to bring back') [1] used in literature, film and video game titles. History [ edit ]

  9. The Novel: An Introduction - Wikipedia

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    The chapter introduces the topic. It discusses the "beginning" and the "meaning" of a novel, the socio-cultural conventions/rules and the methodology of linking the individual events, which may be used in this narrative form, as well as the interactions of these elements. As a special case the autobiographical novel (it's me, who tells) is ...