Chapter and Scene

Chapter

Chapter noun - A local unit of an organization.

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Scene and chapter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scene" instead a noun "Chapter".

Nearby Words: chap, chaptering, chaptered

Scene noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.

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Chapter and scene are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chapter" instead a noun "Scene".

Nearby Words: scenery, scenic

long	long chapter	long scene
particular	particular chapter	particular scene
brief	brief chapter	brief scene
short	short chapter	short scene
Other adjectives: following, original, single, actual, entire, infamous, famous, new, early, final, later, extra, next, last, introductory, ending, earlier, previous, deleted, climactic.

In the opening chapter/scene, Bonasera, the undertaker, is pleading for Vito Corleone to avenge his brutalized daughter.

Source: He Will Not Cry, So I Cry for Him
Within an episode (or chapter or scene), someone is born or a pregnancy is revealed and someone else dies, emphasizing the cycle of life.

Source: Birth/Death Juxtaposition
This trope is basically a flashback that doesn't quite match up to what was actually said in the prior scene or chapter.

Source: Flashback Fail

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