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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| plot | / | Noun |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| subtext | /x | Noun |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| epilogue | /xx | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| flashback | /x | Noun |
| saga | /x | Noun |
| episode | /xx | Noun |
| interlude | /xx | Noun |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| foreshadowing | x/xx | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| villain | /x | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| protagonist | x/xx | Noun |
| tangential | x/x | Adjective |
| subseries | /xx | Noun |
| subheading | xxx | Noun |
| circumstantial | xx/x | Adjective |
| subsection | /xx | Noun |
| subclass | xx | Noun |
| subtitle | /xx | Noun |
| subchapter | //x | Noun |
| subscale | /x | Noun |
| subclause | x/ | Noun |
| subaltern | /xx | Noun |
| sidebar | /x | Noun |
| subfamily | /xxx | Noun |
| subdistrict | x/x | Noun |
| topper | /x | Noun |
| subfield | /x | Noun |
| section | /x | Noun |
| shrew | / | Noun |
| farcical | /xx | Adjective |
| lear | / | Name |
| comic | /x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| romantic | x/x | Adjective |
| revolves | x/ | Verb |
| concerns | x/ | Verb |
| relegated | /xxx | Verb |
| involving | x/x | Verb |
| play | / | Noun |
| incident | /xx | Noun |
| features | /x | Verb |
| characters | /xx | Noun |
| introduces | xx/x | Verb |
| film | / | Noun |
| deals | / | Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective |
| parallel | /xx | Adjective |
| minor | /x | Adjective |
| adds | / | Verb |
| interesting | /xx | Adjective |
| develops | x/x | Verb |
| constitutes | /xx | Verb |
| resolved | x/ | Verb |
| forms | / | Verb |
| middle | /x | Noun |
| focuses | /xx | Verb |
| serves | / | Verb |
| elements | /xx | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| tells | / | Verb |
| entire | x/x | Adjective |
| important | x/x | Adjective |
| contains | x/ | Verb |
| love | / | Noun |
| presents | /x | Verb |
| major | /x | Adjective |
| second | /x | Adjective |
| provides | x/ | Verb |
| follows | /x | Verb |
| third | / | Adjective |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| aria | /xx | Noun |
| caption | /x | Noun, Verb |
| caveat | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| facet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| figure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| footnote | /x | Noun, Verb |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| part | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| plank | / | Noun, Verb |
| theme | / | Noun, Verb |
| topic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
