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Elements Of 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
antagonist
anti-hero
backstory
beginning
character
characterization
conclusion
description
dialogue
direct speech
end
ending
episode
hero
heroine
indirect speech
leitmotif
message
moral
motif
narration
narrative
narrator
passage
plot
prose
protagonist
scene
setting
storyline
subplot
tension
the first person
the second person
the third person
theme
twist