Fiction-writing mode

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thumb|right|200px|A dialogue amongst participants in a 1972 cross-cultural youth convention Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is an interactive communication between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is chiefly associated in the West with the Socratic dialogue as developed by Plato, but antecedents are also found in other traditions including Indian literature.

thumb|Actor Christopher Walken performing a monologue in the 1984 stage play [[Hurlyburly]] In theatre, a monologue (also spelled monolog in American English) (in , 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. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media (plays, films, etc.), as well as in non-dramatic media such as poetry, and stand-up comedy. Monologues share much in common with several other litera

thumb|Juliet delivers a soliloquy on the balcony, unaware that [[Romeo is listening in act 2, scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet.|alt=painting of a girl in a long dress on a balcony, she is looking to the right]] A soliloquy (, from Latin 'alone' and 'to speak', ) is a monologue in drama in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, typically while alone on stage or onscreen. It is used to reveal the character's inner feelings, motivations, or plans directly to the audience, providing information that would not otherwise be accessible through dialogue with other characters. They are used as a nar

background information within a narrative; one of four rhetorical modes

genre of fiction

Description is any type of communication that aims to make vivid a place, object, person, group, or other physical entity. It is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration.

literary element; a verbal exchange between two or more characters

literary method, mood, or manner not tied exclusively to a particular form or genre