is a plot device in which a component of a story ends unresolved, usually in a suspenseful or shocking way, in order to compel audiences to turn the page or return to the story in the next installment
usually fall into two categories:
The main character comes face-to-face with a dangerous or possibly life-threatening situation.
A shocking revelation comes to light, threatening to alter the course of the narrative.
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What Is An Anachronism?
is a literary device that places someone or something associated with a particular time in history in the wrong time period
There are two literary terms that are closely related to anachronism:
Juxtaposition. Similar to anachronism, juxtaposition means placing two things side by side for comparison.
Archaism. The use of outmoded language for a stylistic effect. For example, replacing “you” with “thou.”
3 Different Types of Anachronism
There are three different types of anachronisms; each serves a different purpose.
Parachronism. Anything that appears in the wrong time period. This could be an object, a colloquial expression, or a social custom associated with a specific time period appearing in the wrong era or outside of its general use. For example, a modern-day person using a washboard to clean clothes instead of a washing machine.
Prochronism. Considered an impossible anachronism, this relates to something—an object or concept—used in a literary work or movie long before its invention (like a microwave in the Stone Age).
Behavioral or cultural anachronism. Bringing archaic objects or ideas into the modern-day as an aesthetic choice. For example, a person carrying a conversation in Latin in the twenty-first century.
3 Different Uses for Anachronism
Anachronisms appear in literature, film, and everyday life. Here are three popular uses for anachronism.
Make a statement. For example, a Russian commemorative coin depicting the 1945 meeting of Soviet and American troops at Torgau, in Germany, depicts a 50-star U.S. flag. However, at the time, the real U.S. flag only had 48 stars.
Add humor. The 2004 movie Napoleon Dynamite took place in 2004, but the characters were dressed in clothing from the eighties. They had VCRs, cordless phones, and danced to eighties music—which all added to the protagonist’s social anxiety and sense of displacement.
Break the fourth wall. In the Western satire film Blazing Saddles, set in the year 1874, director Mel Brooks has the characters break through a wall—both real and metaphysical—to reveal a Hollywood production set.
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What is an Allusion?
an allusion is a figure of speech that refers to a famous person, place, or historical event—either directly or through implication
are used as stylistic devices to help contextualize a story by referencing a well-known person, place, event, or another literary work
6 Different Types of Literary Allusions
Casual reference. An offhand allusion that is not integral to the plot.
Single reference. The viewer or reader is meant to infer the connection between the work at hand and the allusion.
Self-reference. A reference by the writer to another work of their own.
Corrective allusion. A comparison that is openly in opposition to the source material.
Apparent reference. An allusion that seems to recall a specific source, but challenges that source.
Multiple references or conflation. A variety of allusions that combine cultural traditions in a single work.
How Do You Use Allusion in Writing?
Character development. Using well-known figures as character inspiration can help to define characters and associate familiarity with the reader. For example, King Triton in The Little Mermaid bears resemblance to Poseidon, the god of the sea.
Context. An allusion to another work can delineate differences or similarities between the two. The 1999 film The Matrix draws parallels with Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The film’s protagonist, Neo, follows a character called the “White Rabbit Girl” to a mysterious underworld, much like Alice’s journey to Wonderland.
Exposition. Allusions can be used to help piece together thrillers or mysteries, offering readers clues that intimate other stories. In Charles Dickens’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood, allusions to Shakespeare’s Macbeth foreshadows the story’s plot and the motivations of its characters.
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