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  2. Plot (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Plot is the cause‐and‐effect sequence of main events in a story. [1] Story events are numbered chronologically while red plot events are a subset connected logically by "so". In a literary work, film, or other narrative, the plot is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect ...

  3. Narrativity - Wikipedia

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    Narrativity is the extent to which a media tells a story, [1] which is a storyteller's account of an event or a sequence of events leading to a transition from an initial state to a later state or outcome. There are four theoretical foundations of narrativity, represented by the notions of

  4. Narrative - Wikipedia

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    The plot is the sequence of events that occurs in a narrative from the beginning to the middle to the end. It typically occurs through a process of cause and effect, in which characters' actions or other events produce reactions that allow the story to progress. Put another way, plot is structured through a series of scenes in which related ...

  5. Story structure - Wikipedia

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    Story is a sequence of events, which can be true or fictitious, that appear in prose, verse or script, designed to amuse or inform an audience. [1] 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]

  6. Fabula and syuzhet - Wikipedia

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    For example, the film Citizen Kane starts with the main character's death, and then tells his life through flashbacks interspersed with a journalist's present-time investigation of Kane's life. The fabula of the film is the actual story of Kane's life the way it happened in chronological order, while the syuzhet is the way the story is told ...

  7. Dramatization - Wikipedia

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    Effective storytelling leads directly to story dramatization. Story dramatization is the re-creation of part or all of a story with the emphasis on spontaneity, cognition, action, identification, dialogue and sequence of events. Greater appreciation of the literature may then occur. [6]

  8. Short story cycle - Wikipedia

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    A short story cycle (sometimes referred to as a story sequence or composite novel) [1] is a collection of short stories in which the narratives are specifically composed and arranged with the goal of creating an enhanced or different experience when reading the group as a whole as opposed to its individual parts. [2]

  9. Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary - Wikipedia

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    If the summary follows the order in which events are presented in a non-chronological narrative, out-of-universe language such as "the story begins in", "the story backtracks to", or "the story skips ahead to" might be useful. The plot section should usually avoid commentary.