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.
flashback in drama
haiku and lyric poetry
Observation help them make their writing feel belivevable and real.
Though writers use the plot mountain as guideline, they sometimes stray from it as they write.
a 16th century poem with the title Villanelle
to call attention to a particular element in a poem
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.
Wash the west-facing windows.
"The quails cooed their aubade as the sky took on the rosy tint of dawn." Is an example of the use of aubade in a sentence.
ideas and thoughts are often unfolding in first drafts
The poem is structured as the retelling of a memory - APEX
Sestina