THE PLOT DIAGRAM The plot diagram: most people learn about it somewhere in elementary school‚ and indeed‚ it is the most elementary of tools a writer and reader can use in summarizing and outlining a story. It is so basic and flexible that pretty much every story written in existence can be outlined via the plot diagram. And yet‚ there are stories that‚ when outlined‚ twist the plot diagram into interesting shapes‚ which leads me to suspect that there is a missing step in the plot diagram: the elusive
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Plot Summary By Michael J. Cummings...© 2009 .......Wounded‚ the narrator takes refuge at nightfall with his valet‚ Pedro‚ in an apartment in the turret of a grand but gloomy chateau in Italy’s Apennines Mountains. Pedro had broken into the building‚ which appears to have been temporarily abandoned‚ so that his injured employer would have a place to rest. .......The furnishings are elegant but old and run-down. On the walls are tapestries‚ armorial trophies‚ and modern paintings in frames
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movie because of the plot suffered and production of the movie was poor. The plot was a very apparent problem; with the bad pacing and easily avoidable plot it made for a less interesting movie. For the first thirty minutes of the movie the characters are introduced and the story of how Scotty Smalls became friends with the kids at the sandlot was shown. The rest of the movie‚ until the last thirty minutes‚ consisted only of random fillers that provided little for the plot that made the movie much
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Essay The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 has come to be known as Britain’s greatest conspiracy. If it had succeeded‚ many say it would’ve been one of the greatest terrorist plots ever. However‚ the Oxford Dictionary’s definition of terrorism is “the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”. While many may argue that this is what the gunpowder plot was‚ it was actually an attempted coup‚ not a campaign of terror and violence. The plot was led by Robert Catesby
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Plot The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict‚ Climax‚ Denouement‚ andFlashback. Dialogue The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction‚ dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays‚ characters’ speech is preceded by their names. act n. 5. One of the major divisions of a play or opera. scene a. The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation mo·tif a. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work
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The Babington Plot Anthony Babington was a young Catholic noble who joined a plot to depose the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne. Sir Francis Walsingham‚ the head of Elizabeth’s secret service‚ captured a Catholic plotter named Gilbert Gifford and ‘convinced’ him to act as a double agent. Gifford would act as an intermediary - smuggling letters to Mary who was imprisoned in Chartley Hall. All the letters were given to Walsingham. The letters were written
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BOJINKA PLOT Date: starting in early 1994 through Sept 11‚ 2001 Players: Khalid Shaik Mohammed‚ Mohamed Atta‚ Marwan Alshehhi‚ Ramzi Yousef‚ Mohammed Jamal Khalifa‚ Wali Khan Amin Shah‚ Abdul hakim Murad‚ Zahed Sheikh Mohammed‚ Jamal al-Fadl these were the main players named along with the Bin Laden name mentioned but never brought up as a main character him or his family members. Mission: First was to assassinate the Pope on his visit to the Philippines as well as plant bombs on around
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Pride and Prejudice Plot Analysis Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation‚ conflict‚ complication‚ climax‚ suspense‚ denouement‚ and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice. Initial Situation We meet the Bennet family: five single daughters with no money. Then a young‚ rich‚ single man moves into the neighborhood. This is clearly an initial situation because there’s way too much instability in this system. Pushy
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A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film‚ television series‚ video game‚ novel‚ comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience‚ usually surprising them with a revelation. Some "twists" are foreshadowed and can thus be predicted by many viewers/readers‚ whereas others are a complete shock. When a plot twist happens near the end of a story‚ especially if it changes one’s view of the preceding events
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small embarrassing moments in life are the ones that make us laugh and cry. I have done countless embarrassing things in my life‚ and when I look back I have to laugh because most of them are extremely foolish acts by me that back fired on me. I was a member of my school drama club. At the end of the year‚ we were going to present a play based on a famous book called Jane Eyre. I was to play the part of the main male character‚ Mr. Rochester. Our play was going to be performed before parents‚ important
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