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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. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    Cinderella, Aladdin, Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett), Great Expectations (Charles Dickens), David Copperfield (Charles Dickens), Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe), The Red and the Black (Stendhal), The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain), "The Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen), The Gold Rush, The Jerk.

  4. Wikipedia:How to streamline a plot summary - Wikipedia

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    WP:STREAMLINE. This page in a nutshell: One can streamline a plot summary with minimal loss of information by rephrasing verbose passages. To maintain readability, plot summaries should have just enough detail to give readers an understanding of the work. Occasionally, you'll find excessively detailed plot summaries that overwhelm readers with ...

  5. Plot (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    Plot is the cause‐and‐effect sequence of main events in a story. [1] Story events are numbered chronologically while red plot events are a subset connected logically by "so". In a literary work, movie, or other narrative, the plot is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect ...

  6. Wikipedia:Plot-only description of fictional works - Wikipedia

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    A plot summary is a retelling, a summary, or an abridged or shortened précis of the events that occur within a work of fiction. The purpose of a plot summary is to help the reader understand the important events within a work of fiction, be they of the work as a whole or of an individual character. The coverage of a fictional work should not ...

  7. Summary of Decameron tales - Wikipedia

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    A tale from The Decameron, by John William Waterhouse. This article contains summaries and commentaries of the 100 stories within Giovanni Boccaccio 's The Decameron. Each story of the Decameron begins with a short heading explaining the plot of the story. The 1903 J. M. Rigg translation headings are used in many of these summaries.

  8. Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V Romeo and Juliet is sometimes considered to have no unifying theme, save that of young love. Romeo and Juliet have become emblematic of young lovers and doomed love. Since it is such an obvious subject of the play, several scholars have explored the language and historical context behind the romance of the play. On their first meeting, Romeo and Juliet use a ...

  9. Three-act structure - Wikipedia

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    Three-act structure. The three-act structure is a model used in narrative fiction that divides a story into three parts (acts), often called the Setup, the Confrontation, and the Resolution. It was popularized by Syd Field in his 1979 book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. Based on his recommendation that a play have a "beginning ...