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  2. Plot (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    The causal events of a plot can be thought of as a selective collection of events from a narrative, all linked by the connector "and so". Simple plots, such as in a traditional ballad , can be linearly sequenced, but plots can form complex interwoven structures, with each part sometimes referred to as a subplot .

  3. Narrative - Wikipedia

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    A narrative is a telling of some actual or fictitious event or connected sequence of events, sometimes recounted by a narrator to an audience (although there may be more than one of each). A personal narrative is a prose narrative relating personal experience. Narratives are to be distinguished from descriptions of qualities, states, or ...

  4. Fabula and syuzhet - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of fabula vs syuzhet in Memento. In narratology, fabula (Russian: фабула, IPA:) refers to the chronological sequence of events within the world of a narrative and syuzhet [1] (Russian: сюжет, IPA: [sʲʊˈʐɛt] ⓘ) equates to the sequence of events as they are presented to the reader.

  5. Chronology - Wikipedia

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    The fundamental problem of chronology is to synchronize events. By synchronizing an event it becomes possible to relate it to the current time and to compare the event to other events. Among historians, a typical need is to synchronize the reigns of kings and leaders in order to relate the history of one country or region to that of another.

  6. Reference work - Wikipedia

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    Phrase book – a collection of ready-made phrases, arranged systematically, usually for a foreign language together with a translation; Ready reckoner – a printed book or table containing pre-calculated values; Thematic catalogue – an index used to identify musical compositions through the citation of the opening notes

  7. Epic (genre) - Wikipedia

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    The use of epic as a genre, specifically for epic poetry, dates back millennia, all the way to the Epic of Gilgamesh, widely agreed to be the first epic. But critique and discourse has continuously arisen over this long period of time, with attempts to clarify what the core characteristics of the “epic” genre really are beginning only in ...

  8. Information structure - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, information structure, also called information packaging, describes the way in which information is formally packaged within a sentence. [1] This generally includes only those aspects of information that "respond to the temporary state of the addressee's mind", and excludes other aspects of linguistic information such as references to background (encyclopedic/common) knowledge ...

  9. Complex event processing - Wikipedia

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    Event processing is a method of tracking and analyzing (processing) streams of information (data) about things that happen (events), [1] and deriving a conclusion from them. Complex event processing ( CEP ) consists of a set of concepts and techniques developed in the early 1990s for processing real-time events and extracting information from ...