Poetry

Direct characterization is when the reader is told about how the character is outright in the text. Indirect characterization is when the reader is told of the characters actions, words or thoughts and is left to devise how the character is instead.

Direct characterization tells, whereas indirect characterization shows.

There once lived a miserly, miserable old man.

Though writers use the plot mountain as guideline, they sometimes stray from it as they write.

Choosing which aspects of a true story to emphasize

Content refers to the ideas in a poem and form refers to the structure.

Poetry that does not conform to a traditional structure

The speaker tag explains a feeling that is already clear from the dialogue itself.

They discover complexity beyond the standard meaning of the object

Sestina