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Describing A Story
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Culture
Art
Art equipment
Artwork and techniques
Describing art
Styles of art
The art world
Film
Film people
Film plots
Film reviews and promotion
Film-making equipment
Making films
Showing films
Types of film
Literature
Characters in a story
Describing a story
Elements of a story
Parts of a book
People in publishing
Poetry
Types of story
Types of text
Writing and publishing
Music
Describing music
Listening to music
Live music
Musical instruments
People in the music world
Pieces of music
Producing music
Reading music
Styles of music
Theatre
Elements of a play
In the theatre
People in theatre
Producing a play
Types of play
abridge
believable
canonical
comic
concise
corny
edgy
far-fetched
flowery
full-length
gripping
heart-rending
heavy
historical
laboured
light
literary
lurid
lyricism
magisterial
mannered
moving
naturalistic
original
pacy
page-turner
picaresque
pop-up
potted
print
prolix
racy
rambling
raunchy
readable
self-referential
spine-chilling
taut
tragic
turgid
unputdownable
unreadable
voluminous