Synonyms and related words :
Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, action, adventure story, allegory, anagnorisis, angle, apologue, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, bedtime story, catastrophe, characterization, color, complication, continuity, contrivance, denouement, design, detective story, development, device, episode, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, falling action, fantasy, fiction, folk story, folklore, folktale, gest, ghost story, gimmick, horse opera, incident, legend, line, local color, love story, mood, motif, movement, mystery, mystery story, myth, mythology, nursery tale, parable, peripeteia, plan, plot, recognition, rising action, romance, scheme, science fiction, secondary plot, shocker, slant, space fiction, space opera, story, structure, subject, subplot, suspense story, switch, thematic development, theme, thriller, tone, topic, tradition, twist, whodunit, work of fiction