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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| backdrop | /x | Noun, Noun |
| lore | / | Noun |
| life story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| flashback | /x | Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| exposition | xx/x | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| dramatis personae | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| backing | /x | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| biography | x/xx | Noun |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| historical novel | x/xx/x | Name, Name |
| cover story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| prologue | /x | Noun |
| passion play | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| theatrics | /x | Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| role | / | Noun |
| side | / | Noun |
| prolog | x/ | Name |
| psychodrama | xx/x | Noun |
| acting | /x | Verb |
| roman à clef | /xx | Name, Name |
| dialog | /xx | Noun |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| ghost | / | Noun |
| stage set | // | Phrase, Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| scenery | /xx | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| dramatization | xxx/x | Noun |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun |
| part | / | Noun |
| study | /x | Noun |
| dramatics | x/x | Noun |
| plot | / | Noun |
| premise | /x | Noun |
| line | / | Noun |
| pseudonym | /xx | Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| representation | xxx/x | Noun |
| monologue | /xx | Noun |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| period piece | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| costume drama | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| romance | x/ | Noun |
| outline | /x | Noun |
| alternate history | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| storytelling | /xxx | Noun |
| stage | / | Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun |
| theatricals | x/xx | Noun |
| mimesis | /xx | Noun |
| aside | x/ | Adverb |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| theater | /xx | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| exit | /x | Noun |
| coup de théâtre | /xx | Name, Name |
| vignette | x/ | Noun |
| interlude | /xx | Noun |
| premiere | x/ | Noun |
| shadow play | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| dramaturgy | /xxx | Noun |
| stage setting | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| episode | /xx | Noun |
| dramatic irony | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| fairy tale | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| juvenile | /xx | Noun |
| know | / | Verb |
| own | / | Adjective |
| has | / | Verb |
| adventure | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| advertisement | x/xx | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| autobiography | xxx/xx | Noun |
| ballet | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| calculation | xx/x | Noun |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| ceremonial | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ceremony | /xxx | Noun |
| chiaroscuro | xxx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| choral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| choreography | xx/xx | Noun |
| discussion | x/x | Noun |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| paraphernalia | xxx/x | Noun |
| rigging | /x | Noun |
| ritual | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| vacation | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
