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{
"etymology_text": "From story and arc.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Narratology",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1992, Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film",
"text": "This story arc about \"hunting the buffalo\" is part of a larger story arc about \"developing relationships with the Indians\".",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, David Schmid, Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture",
"text": "A story arc can be developed continuously until it is completed, but it is more usual for a drama series to treat a story arc discontinuously...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television or comic books."
],
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"links": [
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"storyline",
"storyline"
],
[
"episodic",
"episodic"
],
[
"storytelling",
"storytelling"
],
[
"television",
"television"
],
[
"comic book",
"comic book"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "rakontarko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "tarinakaari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "juoni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arc narratif"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco narrativo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco narrativo"
},
{
"alt": "へん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hen",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "編"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "āku",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "アーク"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seutori akeu",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "스토리 아크"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "akcja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco de história"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sjužétnaja línija",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сюже́тная ли́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sjužétnaja árka",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сюже́тная а́рка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco narrativo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco argumental"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "båge"
}
],
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"story arc"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑːk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑɹk/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "story arc"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From story and arc.",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"text": "This story arc about \"hunting the buffalo\" is part of a larger story arc about \"developing relationships with the Indians\".",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, David Schmid, Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture",
"text": "A story arc can be developed continuously until it is completed, but it is more usual for a drama series to treat a story arc discontinuously...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television or comic books."
],
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[
"storyline",
"storyline"
],
[
"episodic",
"episodic"
],
[
"storytelling",
"storytelling"
],
[
"television",
"television"
],
[
"comic book",
"comic book"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"story arc"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑːk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑɹk/",
"tags": [
"US"
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "rakontarko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "tarinakaari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "juoni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arc narratif"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco narrativo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco narrativo"
},
{
"alt": "へん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hen",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "編"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "āku",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "アーク"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seutori akeu",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"word": "스토리 아크"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "akcja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco de história"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sjužétnaja línija",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сюже́тная ли́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sjužétnaja árka",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сюже́тная а́рка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco narrativo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arco argumental"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "narrative line within a fictional plot",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "båge"
}
],
"word": "story arc"
}
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