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Literary Device used frequently in "The Da Vinci Code"
Hi all, I just finished "The Da Vinci Code" and enjoyed it. However, speaking as a layman, I noticed that the author frequently used a literary device whose name I'm seeking. Basically, it involves something being revealed to a character either through something realized or seen. Then to create suspense, the revelation or scene that was witnessed is revealed to the reader much later.
If anyone is aware of another term for this device other than simply being creating suspense, please elucidate me.
Thanks,
Novice
If anyone is aware of another term for this device other than simply being creating suspense, please elucidate me.
Thanks,
Novice
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[nq:1]Hi all, I just finished "The Da Vinci Code" and enjoyed it. However, speaking as a layman, I noticed that ... later.
- [nq:1]Hi all, I just finished "The Da Vinci Code" and enjoyed it.
- However, speaking as a layman, I noticed that ...
- later.
- [/nq] You posted this more than once.
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[nq:1]Hi all, I just finished "The Da Vinci Code" and enjoyed it. However, speaking as a layman, I noticed that ... later. If anyone is aware of another term for this device other than simply being creating suspense, please elucidate me.[/nq]
You posted this more than once.
I think you stunned us into silence by the idea that "literary" has anything to do with "The Da Vinci Code." What a p
You posted this more than once.
I think you stunned us into silence by the idea that "literary" has anything to do with "The Da Vinci Code." What a p
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[nq:2]Hi all, I just finished "The Da Vinci Code" and ... device other than simply being creating suspense, please elucidate me.[/nq]
[nq:1]You posted this more than once. I think you stunned us into silence by the idea that "literary" has anything ... of hiding something from the reader. "Delayed revelation," maybe that seems to be a phrase, anyway, and it fits.[/nq]
My view would be that
[nq:1]You posted this more than once. I think you stunned us into silence by the idea that "literary" has anything ... of hiding something from the reader. "Delayed revelation," maybe that seems to be a phrase, anyway, and it fits.[/nq]
My view would be that
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[nq:1]DVC was so badly written that I can't recall any particular literary device, but in general the practice of deliberately ... to skip to another part of the story line, I'd call cliffhanging. It has to be done well to succeed.[/nq]
And then there's "foreshadowing."
Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it? (Rhetorical exaggeration,
And then there's "foreshadowing."
Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it? (Rhetorical exaggeration,
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[nq:1]Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it? (Rhetorical exaggeration, folks. I'm not inviting a chorus of "*I* didn't"s.)[/nq]
How about "I did"s? (It was loaned to me, with pressure, by a family member. Bother those unrequested loans!)
[nq:1]How 'bout that punctuation?[/nq]
V. impressive.
SML
How about "I did"s? (It was loaned to me, with pressure, by a family member. Bother those unrequested loans!)
[nq:1]How 'bout that punctuation?[/nq]
V. impressive.
SML
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Donna Richoux:
Robin Bignall:
[nq:2]DVC was so badly written that I can't recall any particular literary device..[/nq]
Bob Lieblich:
[nq:1]Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it?[/nq]
I read it. I liked it quite a lot. It was fun, light entertainment. I get tired of people dumping on it. And that's all I have to say ab
Robin Bignall:
[nq:2]DVC was so badly written that I can't recall any particular literary device..[/nq]
Bob Lieblich:
[nq:1]Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it?[/nq]
I read it. I liked it quite a lot. It was fun, light entertainment. I get tired of people dumping on it. And that's all I have to say ab
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Robert Lieblich put finger to keyboard in this fashion:
[nq:2]DVC was so badly written that I can't recall any ... call cliffhanging. It has to be done well to succeed.[/nq]
[nq:1]And then there's "foreshadowing." Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it? (Rhetorical exaggeration, folks. I'm not inviting a chorus of "*I* didn't"s.)[/nq]
[nq:2]DVC was so badly written that I can't recall any ... call cliffhanging. It has to be done well to succeed.[/nq]
[nq:1]And then there's "foreshadowing." Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it? (Rhetorical exaggeration, folks. I'm not inviting a chorus of "*I* didn't"s.)[/nq]
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[nq:1]Donna Richoux: Robin Bignall: Bob Lieblich:[/nq]
[nq:2]Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it?[/nq]
[nq:1]I read it. I liked it quite a lot. It was fun, light entertainment. I get tired of people dumping on it. And that's all I have to say about that.[/nq]
I read it and found it better than some and worse than others. My gene
[nq:2]Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it?[/nq]
[nq:1]I read it. I liked it quite a lot. It was fun, light entertainment. I get tired of people dumping on it. And that's all I have to say about that.[/nq]
I read it and found it better than some and worse than others. My gene
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[nq:1]Everyone seems to know that DVC was badly written. Could this be because everyone has read it? (Rhetorical exaggeration, folks. I'm not inviting a chorus of "*I* didn't"s.)[/nq]
I haven't yet, but I want to, to see what all the fuss is about.
I haven't yet, but I want to, to see what all the fuss is about.
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[nq:1]Every time I fly back to Orlando from somewhere I expect to see a familiar face in the airport. After ... a familiar face in the airport that wasn't the face of someone that I had arranged to pick me up.[/nq]
But don't you meet people that you know when you're thousands of miles from home?
In 1998, when my daughter was at boarding school in California, she flew to England for Christm
But don't you meet people that you know when you're thousands of miles from home?
In 1998, when my daughter was at boarding school in California, she flew to England for Christm
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[nq:2]Every time I fly back to Orlando from somewhere I ... of someone that I had arranged to pick me up.[/nq]
[nq:1]But don't you meet people that you know when you're thousands of miles from home?[/nq]
I haven't, but my brother did. He was in Israel on business and went to see some sight that required waiting in/on line. He casually chatted with the woman in/on line behind him, and thoug
[nq:1]But don't you meet people that you know when you're thousands of miles from home?[/nq]
I haven't, but my brother did. He was in Israel on business and went to see some sight that required waiting in/on line. He casually chatted with the woman in/on line behind him, and thoug
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