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  2. Dialogue in writing - Wikipedia

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    Dialogue, in literature, is conversation between two or more characters. [1] If there is only one character talking, it is a monologue.Dialogue is usually identified by use of quotation marks and a dialogue tag, such as "she said".

  3. Dialogue - Wikipedia

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    In the 1200s, Nichiren Daishonin wrote some of his important writings in dialogue form, describing a meeting between two characters in order to present his argument and theory, such as in "Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin 1: pp. 99–140, dated around 1256), and "On Establishing the ...

  4. Stichomythia - Wikipedia

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    Stichomythia (Ancient Greek: στιχομυθία, romanized: stikhomuthía) is a technique in verse drama in which sequences of single alternating lines, or half-lines (hemistichomythia [1]) or two-line speeches (distichomythia [2]) are given to alternating characters. It typically features repetition and antithesis. [3]

  5. The Decay of Lying - Wikipedia

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    Wilde presents the essay as a Socratic dialogue between two characters, Vivian and Cyril, who are named after his own sons. [1] Their conversation, while playful and whimsical, promotes Wilde's view of Aestheticism over Realism. [2] [3] Vivian tells Cyril of an article he has been writing called "The Decay of Lying: A Protest". According to ...

  6. They're Made Out of Meat - Wikipedia

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    It consists entirely of dialogue between two characters. Bisson's website hosts a theatrical adaptation. [2] A film adaptation won the Grand Prize at the Seattle Science Fiction Museum's 2006 film festival. [3]

  7. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Collectively, the characters represented in a play or other dramatic work. This phrase is the conventional heading for a list of characters printed in a theatrical programme or at the beginning of the text. [35] dramaturgy dream allegory dream vision droll dumb show duodecimo duologue A conversation between two characters in a play, story, or ...

  8. Socratic dialogue - Wikipedia

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    Galilei's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems compares the Copernican model of the universe with the Aristotelian. Matteo Ricci. Ricci's The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven (天主實義) is a Socratic dialogue between Ricci and a Chinese scholar, where Ricci argues that Christianity and Confucianism are not opposed to each other.

  9. Monologue - Wikipedia

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    Actor Christopher Walken performing a monologue in the 1984 stage play Hurlyburly. In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.