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== Definition == Story is a sequence of events, which can be true or fictitious, that appear in prose, verse or script, designed to amuse or inform an audience.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.dictionary.com/browse/story |title=Story Definition}}</ref> Story structure is a way to organize the story's elements into a recognizable sequence. It has been shown to influence how the brain organizes information.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3588239 | title=Cultural Representations of Rhetorical Conventions: The Effects on Reading Recalls | journal=TESOL Quarterly | date=2017-06-10 | access-date=January 28, 2021 | author=Hsi-Chin Janet Chu, Janet Swaffar and Davida H. Charney| volume=36 | issue=4 | pages=511β541 | doi=10.2307/3588239 | jstor=3588239 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> Story structures can vary culture to culture and throughout history. The same named story structure may also change over time as the culture also changes.
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