Syntax of the plot - The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Protagonist - The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
Antagonist - A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
Climax/ crescendo - The most intense, exciting, or important point of something
Equilibrium - A state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced
Disequilibrium - A loss or lack of balance or stability
Enigma code - A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand
Proairetic - Drives narrative through anticipation of an action's resolution
Linear - Arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line: "linear arrangements
Non Linear - a system which is not linear, that is, a system which does not satisfy the superposition principle
Circular - Having the form of a circle.
Parallel narrative - two narrated parts of a story set in the same place and same time.
Convergent narrative - also known as Hybrid narrative, it is a narrative that mixes conventions of two or more different genres.
Interweaving narrative - a plot with several narrative threads that all take place one after another and are 'interwoven'
Flashbacks/flash-forward - A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier/later event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.
Real time - a narrative technique whereby events are depicted as occurring entirely within the span of and at the same rate as the depiction
Reversal - when events happen from the latest to the earliest, in back-to-front order i.e. from the most recent event to the first event.
Dream sequences - a technique used to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. The interlude may consist of a flashback, a flash-forward, a fantasy, a vision, a dream, or some other element.
Repetition - when an event in a narrative happens more than once
Different characters' POV - when a narrative is told from the perspectives of different characters rather than just the protagonist
Ellipsis - when a period of time in a narrative is skipped e.g. showing the birth of the protagonist then skipping their childhood to show them as a young adult.
Pre-figuring of events that have not yet taken place - when a narrative suggests that certain events may have taken place, or the audience assumes these events have taken place even though the event itself may not be shown
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