plot
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- noun
- /plɑt/
- I believe that's the plot of The Wizard of Oz.
- characters and plot
- the plot thickens
- plot line
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- Should death serve the plot or the themes or both?
- This book is not super plot driven at all.
- A good constructed plot stands on its own.
- It sounds like a good plot for ATV show.
- But I promise more plot summaries are coming for you.
- I like a movie that starts with character because plot can be mundane.
- They come for the plot, they stay for the character.
- It's dumb, sucks the mood, the plot is so bad.
- I believe that's the plot of The Wizard of Oz.
- It's so a plot is the actual story, right.
- So that was kind of the plot in the remake of War of the Worlds.
- I am kind of not happy that the the love plot is going to continue.
- But when it came to a plot, she's so weak.
- Like there is a plot and it it makes sense.
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I had a good handle on the plot of that first novel.
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They come for the plot, they stay for the character.
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Now I want to improve this plot in general.
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That changes the whole plot there, that little detail.
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Over the next few weeks, a plot started to take shape.
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Should death serve the plot or the themes or both?
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All of my subsequent research, character, and plot development grew out of this notion.
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Every line, every word, should serve a purpose related to plot, conflict, or revelation of character.
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As in any good genre fiction, the plot must serve up problems the h/h must overcome.
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The plot of the movie kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end.
Synonyms
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1.0
An account of events told to entertain or inform
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1.8
The main activity happening in a place or story
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3.9
A story that describes connected events
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2.8
A series of events in a book, film, or play that form the main plot
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5.1
A short outline of a play or film showing its main events
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3.5
A series of events in a story, like in a book or film
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3.2
The main story of a book, film, or play
The events of a story in the order they happened
Antonyms
Idioms
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7.1
A situation that gets more complicated or interesting because of new information
- Literature
Events that happen mainly to move the story forward, even if they do not make sense
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Etymology
Plot also came to mean a 'plan' or 'scheme', and writers borrowed that idea for stories. So the plot of a book is the planned sequence of events that makes the story work.