Sunday, August 23, 2009

Following the plot

the plot (noun)
the events in a story or novel, and how they relate to each other. When we cannot understand how a story progresses, we say we can’t ‘follow the plot’.

chronological (adjective)
if actions are described in chronological order, it means that they follow each other in time, beginning with the first action.

a flashback (noun)
a writer uses flashbacks to show events which happened prior to those which he describes in the main part of the plot.

to modify something (verb)
to make changes to something

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