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  2. 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 ...

  3. Story within a story - Wikipedia

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    In between the events of Scream 2 and Scream 3, a second film was released called Stab 2. Scream 3 is about the actors filming a fictional third installment in the Stab series. The actors playing the trilogy's characters end up getting killed, much in the same way as the characters they are playing on screen and in the same order.

  4. Narrative thread - Wikipedia

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    This aids in the suspension of disbelief and engages the reader into the story as it develops. [1] A classic structure of narrative thread often used in both fiction and non-fiction writing is the monomyth, or hero's journey, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. First, typically the harmony of daily life is broken by a particularly dramatic ...

  5. If on a winter's night a traveler - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the rest of the narrative, you and Ludmilla develop a relationship while on the quest for the rest of the book you had started reading. There are a number of minor characters that appear at various points in the story including Lotaria (Ludmilla's sister), Ermes Marana (a translation scammer), and Silas Flannery (an author).

  6. Subplot - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the story, her subplot repeatedly affected this main plot. [2] Subplots are distinguished from the main plot by taking up less of the action, having fewer significant events occur, with less impact on the "world" of the work, and occurring to less important characters. In screenwriting, a subplot is referred to as a "B story" while ...

  7. CBS Reveals Spoiler-Filled Story Lines for Over 15 Returning ...

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    CBS (4) Our favorite CBS shows are making their midseason comebacks — and the network has released spoiler-filled story lines for each one, including Tracker, Matlock, FBI and more.

  8. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    The contrasting three, where only the third has positive value, for example, The Three Little Pigs, two of whose houses are blown down by the Big Bad Wolf. The final or dialectical form of three, where, as with Goldilocks and her bowls of porridge, the first is wrong in one way, the second in an opposite way, and the third is "just right". [3]

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

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    In today's puzzle, there are eight theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: LA. DA ...