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the part of a play or story that takes place once the story has reached its climax and the rest of the events are revealed. The tension is over and the audience can predict much of what will happen next. E.g. In Othello, after Othello has murdered Desdemona (the climax) the rest of the play represents the falling action.
a number of pictures (or elements of pictures) pasted together in such a way as to make a new...
a new word, often invented to explain a new technology, e.g. They say that shale gas will be...
a note that explains, gives examples of, references or elaborates something that appears in the...
a vertical movement of the camera angle, not the whole camera, up or down.
a record of who attended a meeting, what was discussed at the meeting, and what was agreed upon...