Elements Of Plot
Published on Nov 28, 2015
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ELEMENTS OF PLOT
A KEY FEATURE OF A NOVEL
selected & arranged to emphasize relationships (usually of cause and effect) between incidents
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selected & arranged to elicit a particular kind of interest in the reader or audience, such as surprise or suspense
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modern criticism often makes a distinction between the plot of a work and its story
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plot: selected version of events as presented to reader or audience in a certain order & duration...
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story: full sequence of events as we imagine them to have taken place in their 'natural' order & duration
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Plots vary in form from the fully integrated or 'tightly knit' to the loosely episodic.
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Most plots will trace some process of change in which characters are caught up in a developing conflict that is finally resolved.
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Baldick, Chris. "Plot." Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Literature Online Database. Web. 6 Oct. 2015.
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