If people plot to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it. Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government The military were plotting a coup They are awaiting trial on charges of plotting against the state
{i} chart, graph; scheme, design; main story of a literary work; conspiracy, intrigue; tract of land; small piece of land in a cemetery
plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow fo the government"
The events and occurrences within a story not anchored to the chronology or mode in which they are recounted
a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
In a narrative film, all the events that are directly presented to us, including their causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations Opposed to story, which is the viewers imaginary construction of all the events in the narrative See also duration, ellipsis, frequency, order, viewing_time
1) Any list of cues for effects used in the play 2) The fundamental thread that runs through a story, providing the reason for the actions of the characters