Narrative technique
method used to convey a fictional narrative
false document
story within a story
frame story
soliloquy
time loop
floating timeline
teaser
flashforward
story arc
exposition
vignette
storyline
poetic justice
In medias res
dramatization
comedy of errors
flashback
author surrogate
anagnorisis
character arc
Idiot plot
peripeteia
back-story
cliffhanger
parabasis
narrative hook
Rule of three
Titular line
eucatastrophe
plot device
dream sequence