Narrative

Narrative/story/plot - a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect, how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. One is generally interested in how well this pattern of events accomplishes some artistic or emotional effect.

Syntax of the plot - 'Syntax' meaning the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. Therefore Syntax of the plot refers to the sequence/arrangement of events in a story that form the plot or narrative.

Protagonist - The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other media text.

Antagonist - The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama

Climax/crescendo - The build up to a point of great intensity in a narrative

Equilibrium - A state of normality in which all systems are stable and balanced

Disequilibrium - Loss or lack of stability or equilibrium.

New equilibrium - re-visiting a state of equilibrium after it has been disrupted.

Enigma code - drives narrative by unanswered questions

Proairetic/Action code - drives narrative through anticipation of an action's resolution

Linear - Having only one dimension with events occurring in a chronological order.

Non-linear - when events do not occur chronologically

Circular - a narrative that ends where it began, therefore flowing in a circular 

Parallel narrative - two narratives running side by side.E.g. they may be showing how two characters experience the same set of events.

Convergent narrative - also known as Hybrid narrative, it is a narrative that mixes conventions of two or more different genres.

Interweaving narrative - a plot with several narrative threads that all take place one after another and are 'interwoven'

Impressionist narrative - 

Time and narrative

Flashbacks/flash-forward - A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier/later event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

Real time - a narrative technique whereby events are depicted as occurring entirely within the span of and at the same rate as the depiction

Reversal - when events happen from the latest to the earliest, in back-to-front order i.e. from the most recent event to the first event.

Dream sequences - a technique used  to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. The interlude may consist of a flashback, a flash-forward, a fantasy, a vision, a dream, or some other element.

Repetition - when an event in a narrative happens more than once

Different characters' POV - when a narrative is told from the perspectives of different characters rather than just the protagonist

Ellipsis - when a period of time in a narrative is skipped e.g. showing the birth of the protagonist then skipping their childhood to show them as a young adult.

Pre-figuring of events that have not yet taken place - when a narrative suggests that certain events may have taken place, or the audience assumes these events have taken place even though the event itself may not be shown