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  Peripeteia

  Reversal of circumstances, turning point
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  Travel book

  Literary genre
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  point of divergence

  Divergent narrative event in alternate history / uchronia
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  Trope (literature)

  Use of figurative language – via word, phrase, or even an image – for artistic effect in literary works
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  Digression

  Section of a composition or speech that marks a temporary shift of subject
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  Narrator (Literature)

  The profession of telling stories to an audience
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  Conflict (process)

  A situation in which unacceptable differences in interests, expectations, values, or opinions occur between individuals or groups
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  origin

  Place or instant of apparition of something; intellectual reconstruction from the causal event supposed to be founding it, sometimes fixed arbitrarily or defined conventionally instead of by observation
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  Crossover (fiction)

  Placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story
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  incident

  Event or occurence
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  Ligue d'improvisation
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  compilation

  Book or document composed of materials gathered from other books or documents
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  triennale

  Art event that happens every three years
• P

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  Provocation (psychologie)
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  secret history

  Revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real history which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored
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  Quid pro quo

  Latin phrase
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  Risk

  Potential for uncontrolled loss due to underlying vulnerability or uncertainties
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  Cliffhanger

  Plot device in which dramatic tension is left unresolved at the end of an episode of serialized fiction to entice the audience to return