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x In medias res  
In medias res (“into mid-affairs”) and medias in res (“into the midst of affairs”) are Latin phrases denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, not at...
x Flashback  
A flashback (also called analepsis, plural analepses) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened prior to the story’s primary...
x Flashforward  
Flashforward or Flash-forward (also called Prolepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent...
x Deus ex machina  
A deus ex machina (pronounced /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkinə/ or /ˈdiː.əs ɛks ˈmækɨnə/, literally, in Latin, "god from the machine") is a plot device in which a person, group, or thing appears suddenly, and at the exactly appropriate moment, in order to...
x Historical present  
In linguistics and rhetoric, the historical present (sometimes dramatic present) refers to the employment of the present tense when narrating past events. Besides its use in writing about history, especially in historical chronicles (listing a...
x Red herring  
A red herring is an idiom referring to a device which intends to divert the audience from the truth or an item of significance. For example, in mystery fiction, an innocent party may be purposefully cast as highly suspect through emphasis or...
x Story within a story  
A story within a story is a literary device or conceit in which one story is told during the action of another story. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device (also referring to the practice in heraldry of placing the image of...
x Unreliable narrator Barón von Munchhausen (1862)
In fiction (as implemented in literature, film, theatre, etc.) an unreliable narrator (a term coined by Wayne C. Booth in his 1961 book The Rhetoric of Fiction) is a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised. The use of this type of...
x Allegory Filippino Lippi 001
Allegory (from Greek: αλλος, allos, "other", and αγορευειν, agoreuein, "to speak in public") is a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal. Allegory teaches a lesson through symbolism. Allegory communicates its...
x Critical Management Studies  
Critical management studies (CMS) is a loose but rapidly growing grouping of politically left wing and theoretically innovative approaches to management, business and organisation, grounded in a critical theory perspective. It encompasses a wide...
x Placeholder name  
Placeholder names are words that can refer to objects or people whose names are either temporarily forgotten, irrelevant or unknown in the context in which it is being discussed. "Whatchamacallit" (for objects) and "Whatshisname" or "Whatshername" ...
x Extreme ironing Extreme ironer "Starch", ironing at Rivelin Needle, near Sheffield. Note image has been manipulated with Adobe Photoshop
Extreme Ironing (or EI) is an extreme sport and a performance art in which people take an ironing board to a remote location and iron items of clothing. According to the official website, extreme ironing is "the latest danger sport that combines the...
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x MERKUR Warenhandels AG merkur_logo.jpg
Merkur Warenhandels AG is a food trade company, which was founded in 1969 and since 1996 it has been a part of the REWE International AG. The Company employs about 9000 staff members.
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