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  2. Story within a story - Wikipedia

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    Having a character have a dream is a common device to embed one narrative or scene within another. (Painting by William Blake, 1805) A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a literary device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a second story (within the first one). [1]

  3. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  4. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    Odyssey (), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", Orpheus, The Time Machine (), Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter), The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien), Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh), "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell), The Third Man, The Lion King, Back to the Future, The Lion, the Witch ...

  5. Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle - Wikipedia

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    Demon and Aqua raise a son, Ivan (Van); Dan and Marina raise two daughters, Ada and Lucette. The story begins when Van, aged 14, spends a summer with his cousins, then 12 and 8. A rough idea of the years covered by each section is provided in brackets, below, however the narrator's thoughts often stray outside of the periods noted. [7]

  6. The Other Two (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "The Other Two" is a short story by Edith Wharton, originally published in Collier’s Weekly on February 13, 1904. It is considered by some critics to be among her best short fiction. [ 1 ] Wharton explores themes of marriage , divorce , and social class through the perspective of businessman Mr. Waythorn, shortly after his marriage to the ...

  7. Story structure - Wikipedia

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    Story structure is a way to organize the story's elements into a recognizable sequence. It has been shown to influence how the brain organizes information. [2] Story structures can vary culture to culture and throughout history. The same named story structure may also change over time as the culture also changes.

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Friday ...

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    For every 3 non-theme words you find, you earn a hint. Hints show the letters of a theme word. If there is already an active hint on the board, a hint will show that word’s letter order.

  9. Afterward - Wikipedia

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    The dynamic plot starts at the end and bounces back and forth throughout time within a six-month period. An unnamed narrator in third person limited omniscience point of view tells the story. There are several conflicts throughout the story, both internal and external, which include: woman against self, woman against another, woman against ...