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951:Epic poetry
672:Time travel
485:Red herring
470:Plot device
441:Frame story
394:Cliffhanger
337:Tritagonist
312:Protagonist
140:catastrophe
130:grammarian
107:August 2020
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1186:Underwater
1082:Picaresque
1057:Historical
1042:Epistolary
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825:Peripeteia
807:Exposition
563:Dreamworld
505:Stereotype
475:Plot twist
223:Antagonist
154:References
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66:"Protasis"
1244:Narration
1193:Superhero
1117:Chivalric
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1007:Biography
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777:Structure
762:Symbolism
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558:Crossover
553:Backstory
510:Story arc
460:MacGuffin
431:Flashback
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248:Confidant
228:Archenemy
215:Character
207:Narrative
146:the term
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690:Allegory
635:Metaphor
593:parallel
588:universe
568:Dystopia
525:Suspense
411:Dialogue
399:Conflict
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124:protasis
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864:Premise
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705:Diction
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540:Setting
520:Subplot
342:Villain
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91:scholar
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1368:Retcon
1363:Reboot
1327:Future
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958:Novel
909:Fable
887:Drama
852:films
682:Style
650:Motif
640:Moral
625:Irony
617:Theme
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128:Roman
120:drama
98:JSTOR
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1396:List
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