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  2. Plot (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Exposition (originally called introduction) Rising action (rise) Climax; Falling action (return or fall) Catastrophe, denouement, resolution, or revelation [24] or "rising and sinking". Freytag is indifferent as to which of the contending parties justice favors; in both groups, good and evil, power and weakness, are mingled. [25]

  3. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    falling action falling rhythm fancy and imagination fantasy farce feminine ending feminine rhyme A rhyme with two syllables, with one stressed and one unstressed; e.g. "merry" rhymed with "tarry". [3] [11] Contrast masculine rhyme. fiction figurative language figure of speech figure of twins See hendiadys. fin de siècle flashback

  4. List of story structures - Wikipedia

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    The Turn of the Play: The action of one or more of the characters which sets the course of events moving towards the crisis or climax. The Steps of Action, leading to climax (sometimes called Rising Action): A. B. C. etc. The Decisive Point of Action. Something takes place which makes it impossible for the "rising action" to go further.

  5. 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.

  6. Falling action - Wikipedia

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    Falling action is a segment in the structure of a dramatic or literary work. Falling action, analysed as part of a three-act structure; Falling action, ...

  7. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    Plot structure refers to the configuration of a plot in terms of its exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution/denouement. For example, Dickens' novel Great Expectations is noted for having only a single page of exposition before the rising action begins, while The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien has an unusually ...

  8. Disney's most controversial movie, 'Song of the South ... - AOL

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    The Uncle Remus film, combining live action and animation and featuring "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," premiered to criticism and protests. Disney's most controversial movie, 'Song of the South,' opened in ...

  9. Three-act structure - Wikipedia

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    The first act is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the world they live in.Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-screen incident occurs, known as the inciting incident, or catalyst, that confronts the main character (the protagonist), and whose attempts to deal with this incident lead to a second and more dramatic situation, known as the ...