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A plot

A plot noun: the primary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the secondary B plot.

Noun

A plot (plural A plots)

  1. The primary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the secondary B plot.
    • The primary function of the A plot is to initiate the first movement and complication in the B plot and eventually absorb the B plot once it is resolved.1966, Blaze Odell Bonazza, Shakespeare's Early Comedies: A Structural Analysis
    • Shows have an A plot and a subsidiary, or B plot...2001, Robert Keith Sawyer, Creating Conversations: Improvisation in Everyday Discourse

Forms of A plot

pluralA plots

Questions about A plot

What does A plot mean?
A plot means the primary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the secondary B plot.
What part of speech is A plot?
A plot is a noun.
What is the plural of A plot?
The plural of A plot is A plots.

Words near A plot in the dictionary

  1. a piacere
  2. a picture is worth a thousand words
  3. a picture paints a thousand words
  4. a plague o' both your houses
  5. a plague on both your houses
  6. A plot
  7. A plots
  8. A plus
  9. A pluses
  10. A Pobra do Caramiñal
  11. A positive

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