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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| story | /x | Noun, Noun |
| communicative | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| narration | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tale | / | Noun, Noun |
| recital | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| yarn | / | Noun, Noun |
| storytelling | /xxx | Noun |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| filmic | /x | Adjective |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| novelistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| historiographic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| retelling | x/x | Noun |
| biographical | xx/xx | Name |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| thematic | x/x | Adjective |
| fable | /x | Noun |
| cinematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| prose | / | Noun |
| expository | x/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| autobiographical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun |
| dramatization | xxx/x | Noun |
| prologue | /x | Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| episodic | xx/x | Adjective |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective |
| textual | /xx | Adjective |
| plot | / | Noun |
| chronological | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| scenic | /x | Noun |
| recitative | xxxx | Noun |
| comic | /x | Adjective |
| documentary | xx/xx | Noun |
| scripted | /x | Adjective |
| stylized | /x | Adjective |
| choreographic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| theatrical | x/xx | Adjective |
| starring | /x | Verb |
| straight | / | Adjective |
| in medias res | x/xxx | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| filmy | /x | Adjective |
| serialized | /xxx | Verb |
| performative | x/xx | Adjective |
| fabulous | /xx | Adjective |
| subtitled | /xx | Verb |
| split screen | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| emergent | x/x | Adjective |
| filmed | / | Verb |
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective |
| true | / | Adjective |
| period | /xx | Noun |
| slow burn | /x | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| camp | / | Noun |
| animated | /xxx | Adjective |
| live | / | Verb |
| staged | / | Verb |
| onstage | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| pym | / | Name |
| lukan | xx | Adjective |
| ark | / | Adjective |
| markan | /x | Adjective |
| matthean | /xx | Adjective |
| suspenseful | x/x | Adjective |
| picaresque | xx/ | Adjective |
| ovidian | x/xx | Adjective |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| unfolds | x/ | Verb |
| captivity | x/xx | Noun |
| interrupts | xx/ | Verb |
| weave | / | Verb |
| johannine | /x/x | Adjective |
| engrossing | x/x | Adjective |
| biblical | /xx | Adjective |
| gospel | /x | Adjective |
| mythic | /x | Adjective |
| resumes | x/ | Verb |
| epic | /x | Adjective |
| replete | x/ | Adverb |
| artless | /x | Adjective |
| epistolary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| expedition | xx/x | Noun |
| connected | x/x | Adjective |
| frames | / | Verb |
| voyage | /x | Noun |
| coherent | x/x | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| thread | / | Noun |
| seamless | /x | Adjective |
| constructs | x/ | Verb |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| recounts | x/ | Verb |
| fictitious | x/x | Adjective |
| readable | /xx | Adjective |
| engaging | x/x | Adjective |
| omniscient | x/x | Adjective |
| eclipse | x/ | Noun |
| travels | /x | Noun |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| interspersed | xx/ | Verb |
| oedipal | /xx | Adjective |
| adventures | x/x | Noun |
| confessional | x/xx | Adjective |
| straightforward | //x | Adjective |
| interwoven | xx/x | Verb |
| telling | /x | Noun |
| compelling | x/x | Adjective |
| climax | /x | Noun |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| thrilling | /x | Adjective |
| homeric | x/x | Adjective |
| fictive | /x | Adjective |
| teleological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| scriptural | /xx | Adjective |
| explorations | xx/x | Noun |
| grand | / | Adjective |
| entertaining | xx/x | Adjective |
| narrator | /xx | Noun |
| reply | x/ | Adverb |
| nonfiction | x/x | Adjective |
| mythological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| progresses | /xx | Verb |
| genre | /x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| anecdotal | xx/x | Adjective |
| biography | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| body | /x | Noun, Verb |
| briefing | /x | Noun |
| caption | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chronicle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| comment | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commentary | /xxx | Noun |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| depiction | x/x | Noun |
| described | x/ | Adjective |
| description | x/x | Noun |
| descriptive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| design | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| enumeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| ethnographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| explanation | xx/x | Noun |
| explanatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| exposed | x/ | Adjective |
| exposition | xx/x | Noun |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| exposé | xx | Noun |
| fairy story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| folktale | /x | Noun |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| formulation | xx/x | Noun |
| friendly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| genealogy | xx/xx | Noun |
| heroic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| history | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| homiletic | xx/x | Adjective |
| icelandic | x/x | Adjective, Name |
| illustrative | x/xx | Adjective |
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| interpretation | xxx/x | Noun |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| memoir | /x | Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| naturalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| nursery rhyme | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| observation | xx/x | Noun |
| outline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| overview | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| parable | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| picture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| portrayal | x/x | Noun |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| profile | /x | Noun, Verb |
| recitation | xx/x | Noun |
| recollection | xx/x | Noun |
| record | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| relation | x/x | Noun |
| remarks | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| sob story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| speech | / | Noun, Verb |
| statement | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| style | / | Noun, Verb |
| submission | x/x | Noun |
| tall tale | // | Phrase, Noun |
| text | / | Noun, Verb |
| theme | / | Noun, Verb |
| understanding | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| wording | /x | Noun |
| work | / | Noun, Verb |
| written | /x | Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| cloth | / | Noun |
