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  2. Two Sentence Horror Stories - Wikipedia

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    Release. August 8, 2019. ( 2019-08-08) –. February 20, 2022. ( 2022-02-20) Two Sentence Horror Stories is an American anthology horror television series. It was acquired by The CW for an airing in the U.S. in mid-2019 and premiered on August 8, 2019, [1] after being originally set up at CW Seed. [2] In May 2020, The CW renewed the series for ...

  3. Knock (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Knock (short story) " Knock " is a science fiction short story by American writer Fredric Brown. It begins with a piece of Flash fiction based on the following passage by Thomas Bailey Aldrich : Imagine all human beings swept off the face of the earth, excepting one man. Imagine this man in some vast city, New York or London.

  4. Conflict (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, conflict is a major element of narrative or dramatic structure that creates challenges in a story by adding uncertainty as to whether the goal will be achieved. In works of narrative, conflict is the challenge main characters need to solve to achieve their goals. However, narrative is not limited to a single conflict.

  5. Shakespeare's writing style - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare's first plays were written in the conventional style of the day. He wrote them in a stylised language that does not always spring naturally from the needs of the characters or the drama. [1] The poetry depends on extended, elaborate metaphors and conceits, and the language is often rhetorical —written for actors to declaim ...

  6. Frame story - Wikipedia

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    A frame story is a literary device that acts as a convenient conceit to organize a set of smaller narratives, either devised by the author or taken from a previous stock of popular tales, slightly altered by the author for the purpose of the longer narrative. Sometimes a story within the main narrative encapsulates some aspect of the framing ...

  7. A Tale of Two Cities - Wikipedia

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    A Tale of Two Cities. A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he ...

  8. Verse drama and dramatic verse - Wikipedia

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    Literature portal. v. t. e. Verse drama is any drama written significantly in verse (that is: with line endings) to be performed by an actor before an audience. Although verse drama does not need to be primarily in verse to be considered verse drama, significant portions of the play should be in verse to qualify. [1]

  9. Story of Yanxi Palace - Wikipedia

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    The drama is the most viewed Chinese language drama of 2018. It was also the most Googled show on earth in 2018, despite Google being blocked in the mainland. Many viewers praised the story, because unlike the amicable heroines they were used to seeing, the main character Wei Yingluo fights fire with fire and outmaneuvers her opponents.