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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 pair of punctuation marks (also called round brackets or parentheses) used to give extra...
See bottom or low-angle.
the written text of a film, including the charactersâ?? dialogue, descriptions of scenes and...
a punctuation mark used to indicate a pause, often necessary to clarify meaning, e.g. The...
register that uses correct grammar and conventions of style and maintains a distance between the...