Telegraphing, in the creation or performance of creative works, is conveying information to the audience through acting or nonverbal clues, providing a clear hint of the meaning or outcome of a dramatic action. The language of theatre by Martin Harrison Telegraphing may undercut suspense by advance disclosure or extreme hinting of an element in a composition, narrative plot, or recitation. A familiar example is stand-up comic and comedy films "telegraphing" the punch line of a joke, Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties by John Howard Reid , i.e. making its outcome obvious before it happens. This meaning for the term was coined shortly after the invention of the telegraph. Telegraphing is often compared to foreshadowingWrite right!: creative writing using storytelling techniques by Kendall F. Haven as a way to reveal incoming plot and make the listener to form expectations. Social intelligence: the new science of success by Karl Albrecht While foreshadowing not necessarily reveals that the introduced element will play a role later, telegraphing conveys information to spectators about how the plot will develop. The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative by Stephen Denning Contrast it with red herring, where the plot element revealed in advance is intended to be misleading. In literature telegraphing is generally seen as lessening the final effect by approaching it too gradually, and thus as a failure of literary technique. Information used too often to telegraph information about characters can be overused and become clichés, such as a dumb police officer eating doughnuts, an absent-minded professor, or a beautiful librarian concealed by unnatracive personal grooming.
Telegraphing, in the creation or performance of creative works, is conveying information to the audience through acting or nonverbal clues, providing a clear hint of the meaning or outcome of a dramatic action. Telegraphing may undercut suspense by advance disclosure or extreme hinting of an element in a composition, narrative plot, or recitation. A familiar example is stand-up comic and comedy films "telegraphing" the punch line of a joke, , i.e. making its outcome obvious before it happens. This meaning for the term was coined shortly after the invention of the telegraph. Telegraphing is often compared to foreshadowing as a way to reveal incoming plot and make the listener to form expectations. While foreshadowing not necessarily reveals that the introduced element will play a role later, telegraphing conveys information to spectators about how the plot will develop. Contrast it with red herring, where the plot element revealed in advance is intended to be misleading. In literature telegraphing is generally seen as lessening the final effect by approaching it too gradually, and thus as a failure of literary technique. Information used too often to telegraph information about characters can be overused and become clichés, such as a dumb police officer eating doughnuts, an absent-minded professor, or a beautiful librarian concealed by unattractive personal grooming.
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The language of theatre by Martin Harrison
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Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties by John Howard Reid
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foreshadowingWrite right!: creative writing using storytelling techniques by Kendall F. Haven
foreshadowing
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Social intelligence: the new science of success by Karl Albrecht
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The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative by Stephen Denning
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