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Plot (narrative) Plot is the cause‐and‐effect sequence of main events in a story. [ 1] Story events are numbered chronologically while red plot events are a subset connected logically by "so". In a literary work, film, or other narrative, the plot is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of ...
Literature. A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, [ 1][ 2] whether non-fictional ( memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travelogue, etc.) or fictional ( fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc.). [ 3][ 4][ 5] Narratives can be presented through a sequence of written or spoken ...
809/.924. LC Class. PN3378 .B65 2004. Preceded by. The Great Deception. Followed by. Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming. The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker containing a Jung -influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years.
A narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses [ 1] —in other words, a strategy applied in the delivering of a narrative to relay information to the audience and to make the narrative more complete, complex, or engaging. Some scholars also call such a technique a ...
Setting (narrative) A setting (or backdrop) is the time and geographic location within a narrative, either non-fiction or fiction. It is a literary element. The setting initiates the main backdrop and mood for a story. The setting can be referred to as story world [ 1] or milieu to include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate ...
Exposition (narrative) Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. This information can be about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. [ 1] In literature, exposition appears in the form of expository writing embedded within ...
A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a literary device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a second story (within the first one). [ 1] Multiple layers of stories within stories are sometimes called nested stories. A play may have a brief play within it, such as in Shakespeare's play ...
As a literary device, backstory is often employed to lend depth or believability to the main story. The usefulness of having a dramatic revelation was recognized by Aristotle, in Poetics . Backstories are usually revealed, partially or in full, chronologically or otherwise, as the main narrative unfolds. However, a story creator may also create ...