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parable
You mean when a story starts from the middle. It's called "in medias res." That's a Latin term for "in the middle of things."
You are describing what is called illuminated text. See the link below for some history and examples of this art form.
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Some synonyms for 'story' that start with C are:chroniclecompositionconfessioncommunicationconstructioncanardconcomic book
Fable
The part of a short story that explains the motives, conflict, and characters before the action starts to rise is called the rising action.
The story starts in September of 1290 in England.
A challenge is called conflict.
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falling action --- foreshadowing