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one of the parts that a play, opera, or ballet is divided into. Each act is divided into two or more scenes

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the events that form part of a play or film

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something you say in a speech, play etc without preparing or writing it before you say it

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something that a character in a play or film says that they want the audience but not the other characters to hear

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a set of events invented for a book, film, or play that have taken place before it begins

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something that is intended to make you laugh in a serious film, play, or situation

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the subject, ideas, or story that a piece of writing or a radio or television programme deals with

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a clever or complicated method of achieving a particular effect, especially in a story, that seems artificial

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a list of the people involved in making a film or television programme that is shown at the end or beginning of it

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the end of a book, play, or series of events, when everything is explained

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special artificial images and sounds created for a film

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a detail added to a story to make it more interesting, especially one that is not completely true, or the process of doing this

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the way in which something such as a story, film, or play ends

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something that you add to a story, broadcast, article, film etc only because you have space or time to fill

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film of a particular subject or event

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line: used for referring to a particular line on a page or in a play or poem

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something that makes a situation, story, film etc more interesting, funny, or exciting

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a boring period of time, or a boring part of a book, play, film etc

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a section of a book, magazine, play, television series etc

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a series of related events that make up the main story in a book, film etc. A second, less important story in the same book or film is called a subplot.

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information added to the end of a story, article, or report

an American spelling of prologue

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the beginning of a play, film, or television programme that introduces the story

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words from a book, play, film etc that you mention when you are speaking or writing

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a quotation from a book, play, speech etc

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a part of a play, book, film etc in which events happen in the same place or period of time

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the music written for a film, play etc

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a part of a film that deals with one event or that has a particular style

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an impressive part of a play, film, book, or piece of music, often done in a traditional pattern or style

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a particular time or place that a play, book, film etc happens in

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a speech in a play in which a character who is alone talks about their thoughts or feelings

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the recorded sounds in a film, television programme, or radio show, for example the sound of doors opening or cars starting

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a part of a play when a particular character speaks for a long time

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information about what happens in a story that you may not want to know about before reading a book, seeing a film etc for yourself

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an idea in a book, film etc that is not clearly stated but can be understood

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an additional title that appears after the main title of a piece of writing such as a book, song, or play, and gives extra information

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the name of a book, poem, film, play, or other work of art