Editing List of narrative techniques (section)

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| [[Irony]] || This discrepancy between expectation and reality occurs in three forms: situational irony, where a situation features a discrepancy between what is expected and what is actualized; dramatic irony, where a character is unaware of pivotal information already revealed to the audience (the discrepancy here lies in the two levels of awareness between the character and the audience); and verbal irony, where one states one thing while meaning another. The difference between verbal irony and sarcasm is exquisitely subtle and often contested. The concept of irony is too often misunderstood in popular usage. Unfortunate circumstances and coincidences do not constitute irony (nor do they qualify as being ''tragic''). See the ''Usage controversy'' section under [[irony]], and the term [[tragedy]]. || [[Self-fulfilling prophecy|A person hears a prophecy about himself. His endeavor to stop the prophecy from coming true makes it come true.]]
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| [[Metaphor]] || Evoking imagination by means of using figurative language. || Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.
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| [[Thematic patterning]] || Distributing recurrent thematic concepts and moralistic [[Motif (narrative)|motifs]] among various incidents and frames of a story. In a skillfully crafted tale, thematic patterning may emphasize the unifying argument or salient idea that disparate events and frames have in common. || Each of the chapters of ''Ulysses'' by James Joyce.
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