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| account |
a story or report; narrative. [1/16 definitions] |
| action-adventure |
a genre of films, video games, and the like having an exciting undertaking involving risk and danger as its main story line, and involving one or more heroes engaged in a series of physical challenges. [1/2 definitions] |
| action movie |
a film whose story line focuses on conflict and fast-paced activity, esp. involving physical violence, feats of strength and agility, and chase scenes. |
| action-packed |
of a film, video, story, or the like, filled with scenes depicting action, danger, and exciting events. |
| airtime |
broadcast time allotted, as to an event or news story, on television or radio. |
| allegory |
a symbolic story or narrative. [1/2 definitions] |
| anti-hero |
a central character in a story, novel, or play who lacks traditional heroic qualities, such as high purpose or moral strength. |
| apologue |
a short allegorical story usu. containing a moral; fable. |
| author |
the writer of a book, play, story, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| back up |
to return to an earlier point in one's story or account, or give explanatory background to what one is saying. [1/8 definitions] |
| bad guy |
(informal) the villain or enemy in a fictional story. [1/4 definitions] |
| blow up |
to exaggerate, as a story. [1/6 definitions] |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usu. defamatory to someone. |
| caper1 |
a light-hearted story or film that involves action and mystery. [1/5 definitions] |
| cat burglar |
a burglar who gains entry through upper windows, roof doors, and the like; second-story man. |
| cock-and-bull story |
an improbable, absurd, or unlikely story. |
| comic book |
a book or magazine that contains a series of cartoons telling a story or stories. |
| comic strip |
a series of cartoons, esp. in a newspaper, that narrates a funny or adventurous story. |
| dramatization |
a version of a story, event, novel, or the like that is made to take the form of a drama. [1/2 definitions] |
| embellish |
to enhance (a story or the like) with unnecessary or fictitious details. [1/2 definitions] |
| embellishment |
a fictitious or unneeded detail added to enhance a story or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
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