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  2. Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary - Wikipedia

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    A plot summary is generally used to provide a concise description of the work in question, to allow the reader to understand the discussion related to that plot, and to illustrate points within an article. Where a specific plot point has been commented upon by academics or the media, it is necessary to describe that plot point.

  3. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    List of writing genres. Writing genres (more commonly known as literary genres) are categories that distinguish literature (including works of prose, poetry, drama, hybrid forms, etc.) based on some set of stylistic criteria. Sharing literary conventions, they typically consist of similarities in theme/topic, style, tropes, and storytelling ...

  4. Wikipedia:Writing better articles - Wikipedia

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    In prose writing, the first-person (I/me/my and we/us/our) point of view and second-person (you and your) point of view typically evoke a strong narrator. While this is acceptable in works of fiction and in monographs, it is unsuitable in an encyclopedia, where the writer should be invisible to the reader.

  5. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    Ramayana, Odyssey (), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll), "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", Orpheus, The Time Machine (), Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter), The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien), Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh), "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell), The Third Man, The Lion King, Back to the Future, The Lion ...

  6. Executive summary - Wikipedia

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    Executive summary. An executive summary (or management summary, sometimes also called speed read) is a short document or section of a document produced for business purposes. It summarizes a longer report or proposal or a group of related reports in such a way that readers can rapidly become acquainted with a large body of material without ...

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section - Wikipedia

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    In Wikipedia, the lead section is an introduction to an article and a summary of its most important contents. It is located at the beginning of the article, before the table of contents and the first heading. It is not a news-style lead or "lede" paragraph. The average Wikipedia visit is a few minutes long. [1]

  8. Exposition (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Exposition (narrative) Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. This information can be about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. [1] In literature, exposition appears in the form of expository writing embedded within ...

  9. Wikipedia:Summary style - Wikipedia

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    Template:Summary in, a template placed on the talk page of the summarized article to make the relationship explicit to editors. Template:Summarize, a template to be used when the { {Main}} template is being used without actually providing a summary of the subarticle. Template:Subarticle, a template that should be placed on the spinout article's ...