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I love a good cliffhanger. I love when big events happen in shows. I love shows that aren’t afraid to take risks and to really do what’s best for the story line and realistic for the story line.
Candice Accola
PRONUNCIATION OF STORY LINE
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STORY LINE
Story line is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES STORY LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Storyline
Storyline may refer to ▪ The plot or subplot of a story ▪ The narrative of a work, whether of fictional or nonfictional basis ▪ The narrative threads experienced by each character or set of characters in a work of fiction ▪ The Storyline method of teaching ▪ Alternative term for an angle in professional wrestling — see Glossary of professional wrestling terms…
Definition of story line in the English dictionary
The definition of story line in the dictionary is the plot of a book, film, play, etc.
Synonyms and antonyms of story line in the English dictionary of synonyms
Translation of «story line» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF STORY LINE
Find out the translation of story line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of story line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «story line» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
故事线
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
línea de la historia
570 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
कहानी लाइन
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
خط القصة
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
сюжетная линия
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
linha da história
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
গল্প লাইন
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
ligne de l´histoire
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Garis cerita
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Story
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
ストーリーライン
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
스토리 라인
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Baris crita
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
đường dây câu chuyện
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
கதை வரி
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
कथा रेखा
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
Hikaye satırı
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
linea di storia
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
fabuła
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
сюжетна лінія
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
linie de poveste
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
ιστορία γραμμή
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
storielyn
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
story
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
story line
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of story line
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STORY LINE»
The term «story line» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.860 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STORY LINE» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about story line
10 QUOTES WITH «STORY LINE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word story line.
I love a good cliffhanger. I love when big events happen in shows. I love shows that aren’t afraid to take risks and to really do what’s best for the story line and realistic for the story line.
A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.
Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don’t really mean anything.
The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It’s got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny.
It was great as an actor to be given the story line I was given but I didn’t expect Craig to stay so it was a lovely twist when I found out they’d decided to keep him.
The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.
I think women’s wrestling has had a hard time because of GLOW. When GLOW came out, it looked like somebody was ripping off the male industry. Everybody made fun of it. WOW is a great product. It’s produced right. It’s got a little story line, and it’s got good-looking girls who can work and can talk.
The story line was done in a way that’s organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that’s authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them.
Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STORY LINE»
Discover the use of story line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to story line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail
Weaving together stories of his hiking adventures with reflective explorations of literary works set along the Appalachian Trail, Marshall traces a literary geography of the trail that ranges from Georgia to Maine and spans three centuries.
2
Story Line: Finding Gold in Your Life Story
A story consultant and former VP of Current Programs at CBS/Paramount offers readers a practical and spiritual guide to draw upon their own story and fictionalize it into their writing.
3
How to Develop Story Line Ideas: Jo Ann M. Colton’s Little …
How to Develop Story Line Ideas is a stimulant for the imaginative mind.
4
Waiting for the Land: The Story Line of the Pentateuch
Waiting for the Land is the first book-length exploration of these questions, and treats the Pentateuch as a coherent and progressive story. Book jacket.
5
Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists …
“Dropping your story line” is, first, a way to notice the suffering that comes with
attachment to your story about what has happened and what is going to happen.
Then, through what Buddhists call “skillful means,” it is possible to learn how to …
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Multiple Case Narrative: A Qualitative Approach to Studying …
Theoretical story line Once the researcher is committed to a coherent descriptive
narrative, it is possible to move beyond description to conceptualization; that is, to
the theoretical story line. It is time to tell the story analytically (Strauss and …
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The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Nonfiction
Story line is key in nonfiction because it so strongly affects a reader’s response.
Although story line is a hard appeal element to conceptualize, it is actually fairly
easy to recognize. When readers’ advisory librarians talk about story line, we are
…
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Re-enactment and factual discourse in a Biopic: Observing …
In this essay I want to focus on the integration of “factual discourse” in its different forms in a movie and the effects they are creating for the viewer.
9
The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story
Surveys the grand story line and theology of the Bible, demonstrating how the biblical story forms the foundation of a Christian worldview.
Craig G. Bartholomew, Michael W. Goheen, 2004
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To be Continued—: Soap Operas Around the World
From the producer’s point of view, as exemplified by program executive Robyn
Goodman, it is necessary to first account for the intertextual context within which
the story-line was produced and received. That is, in order to problematize the …
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1. n заговор; интрига
2. n фабула, сюжет
3. n амер. план; схема; чертёж; диаграмма; график
4. n топ. кроки
5. n ав. мор. курс или положение на карте
6. n воен. трасса
7. n воен. засечка цели
8. v организовывать, составлять заговор; плести интриги, интриговать; замышлять, задумывать
9. v составлять план, делать схему
10. v вычерчивать, строить кривую, график или диаграмму
11. v откладывать величину на оси
12. v считать, рассчитывать по графику
13. v наносить на график или карту
14. v ав. мор. прокладывать курс
15. v воен. определять местоположение
16. v намечать сюжет
revenge plot — сюжет, основанный на приключениях героя — мстителя
17. v планировать; устраивать
18. n участок земли, делянка
19. v делить на участки
Синонимический ряд:
1. land (noun) land; lot; parcel; patch; plat; tract
3. plan (noun) cabal; collusion; connivance; conspiracy; coven; covin; design; intrigue; machination; plan; practice; scheme; stratagem
7. outline (verb) consider; draft; outline; propose; sketch
8. plan (verb) brew; cogitate; collogue; collude; concoct; connive; conspire; contrive; devise; intrigue; machinate; maneuver; manoeuvre; plan; scheme; scheme out
: the plot of a story or drama
Synonyms
Example Sentences
the story line is clumsily interrupted several times to provide some much-needed background information
Recent Examples on the Web
Related: The state of the Red Sox’ minor-league system entering 2023: Top prospects, story lines to watch, and more The Red Sox’ 7-6 loss to the Pirates on Monday offered an even more extreme contrast.
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Our analysis of the biggest M.L.B. games, story lines and athletes, delivered daily during the postseason.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Bullock and Reynold’s chemistry takes the hilarious screenplay and cute story line to the next level.
—Hannah Kerns, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
They’re known for the intense story lines, deep relationships between characters, and all those action scenes that leave you on the edge of your seat every time.
—Kori Williams, Seventeen, 16 Feb. 2023
Critics had mixed reactions, with some who said the show was cheeky for its outlandish jokes and its engrossing story line, while others said the characters were unpleasant to watch, saying Velma acted selfishly and Fred was depicted as a helpless wealthy snob.
—Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2023
From there, this surrealist and slightly sci-fi story line for the video just kind of tumbled out.
—Bob Guccione Jr, SPIN, 17 Feb. 2023
This was the overt story line of the evening, but the louder subtext was the question of whether the Recording Academy was finally prepared to give Beyoncé the major awards.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
No matter the opponent, how Mahomes’ ankle recovers is a major story line leading into the AFC title game next week.
—Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
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This is an interesting question, as these are certainly different words that can be used in different ways, and yet most dictionaries blur any distinction.
I agree with Ronan’s answer, but a key difference might be causation:
If an author writes, «The king died and then the queen died,» there is
no plot for a story. But by writing, «The king died and then the queen
died of grief,» the writer has provided a plot line for a story.A plot is a casual sequence of events, the «why» for the things that
happen in the story.
As such, «The king died, then the queen died, then…» could be thought of as a storyline, indicating a series of events much as a history timeline does, whereas «The king ate an apple that had been poisoned by his brother. The queen, upon finding his body, went into a state of despair and gradually died of grief» is a plot.
The Wikipedia entry has the following relevant entries to which «storyline» may refer:
- The plot or subplot of a story;
- The narrative of a work, whether of fictional or nonfictional basis;
- The narrative threads experienced by each character or set of characters in a work of fiction
where
«A narrative (or story) is any account of connected events, presented
to a reader or listener in a sequence of written or spoken words, […].»
but
«A narrative thread, or plot thread (or more ambiguously, a
storyline), refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to
center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than
to relate a matter in a dry ‘All knowing’ sort of narration. Thus the
narrative threads experienced by different but specific characters or
sets of characters are those seen in the eyes of those characters that
together form a plot element or subplot in the work of fiction. In
this sense, each Narrative thread is the narrative portion of a work
that pertains to the world view of the participating characters
‘cognizant’ of their piece of the whole […].»
We all know the issues inherent in blind faith in Wikipedia, but the distinction made there is an important one: what one might think of as a «storyline» is described on Wikipedia as a «story», while «storyline» is either synonymous with plot or is a character/narrator-prescribed element of plot.
I also looked for clues on etymonline but found only that «timeline» is from 1876, from, of course, time + line, and «story-line» was first attested 1941. It is possible that the latter was constructed as the narrative equivalent of a timeline; it is of course also possible that it was used as a synonym of «plot» right from the start.
It would seem that any distinction currently comes down to subjective opinion/interpretation. In my own studies in the field of narrative theory, I have not seen any particular concern about the need for a distinction. It might pay to consult writing guides or head over to https://writers.stackexchange.com/ to get field-based thoughts on this. A Google book search will also give you some real-world usage examples.
story line
or sto·ry·line (stôr′ē-līn′)
n.
1. The plot of a story or dramatic work.
2. One of the narrative strands forming a complex story: «Murr, a bracingly straightforward writer whose flourishes are rare and subtle … dexterously advances multiple story lines, overlapping them now and then with rich results» (Mark Kamine).
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
story line
n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the plot of a book, film, play, etc
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
plot
(plɒt)
n., v. plot•ted, plot•ting. n.
1. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish a usu. evil purpose.
2. the main story of a literary or dramatic work.
3. a small piece of ground: a garden plot.
4. a measured parcel of land: a two-acre plot.
v.t.
6. to plan secretly or conspiratorially: to plot mutiny.
7. to mark on a plan, map, or chart, as the course of a ship.
8. to draw a plan or map of, as a tract of land or a building.
9. to divide (land) into plots.
10.
a. to determine and mark (points), as on graph paper, by means of measurements or coordinates.
b. to draw (a curve) by means of points so marked.
c. to represent by means of such a curve.
d. to make (a calculation) by graph.
11. to devise or construct the plot of (a play, novel, etc.).
v.i.
12. to plan or scheme secretly.
13. to devise the plot of a literary work.
[before 1100; Middle English, Old English; influenced in sense by plat1, complot]
plot′less, adj.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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- [stawr-ee, stohr-ee lahyn]
- /ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i laɪn/
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- [stawr-ee, stohr-ee lahyn]
- /ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i laɪn/
Definitions of story line words
- noun story line plot (def 2). 1
- noun story line a detailed description of the plot of a motion picture, TV series, etc., for use by writers, producers, prospective investors, or the like: The story line runs to 125 pages. 1
- noun story line the plot of a book, film, play, etc 0
- noun story line story1 (sense 4) 0
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Origin of story line
First appearance:
before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50
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Parts of speech for Story line
story line popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for story line
noun story line
- incidents — Plural form of incident.
- narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
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Англо-русский перевод STORY LINE
transcription, транскрипция: [ ʹstɔ:rılaın ]
лит.
фабула, основная сюжетная линия
New big English-Russian dictionary.
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь.
2012
Словосочетания
story line — фабула, основная сюжетная линия прям. и перен.
an excursive story line that some readers of Melville’s novel find very rewarding — изобилующая авторскими отступлениями сюжетная линия, которая некоторым читателям романа Мелвилла покажется очень стоящей
Автоматический перевод
сюжетная линия, сюжет
Перевод по словам
story — история, рассказ, сюжет, повесть, сказка, этаж, предание, фабула, ярус, выдумка, ложь
line — линь, линия, строка, ряд, линейный, проводить линию, набивать
Примеры
Viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms.
Зрителям наскучили избитые сюжетные линии нового поколения ситкомов.
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