A few days ago
Anonymous

summer reading…what is the plot of a book?

ok sooo i forgot a lil bit of school since summer began but dont think im stupid because i am a 93% average student && i am in honors. i read this book and i wanna do an assignment on it && what do u think the plot of a book is? i just wanna make sure i have the right deffinition (change the story make it ur own?) “Write a brief summary about the plot” is wut the paper says….plz help

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A few days ago
spunky&luvable

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I had a similar dilemma, so I asked my AP English teacher, and he said that the plot of the book is just a summary of what happened. He isn’t looking for comparisons to fables or famous plays, just in general, what happened and why. Try to be specific. The best thing to do is summarize chapter by chapter, and look at what’s missing or what’s unnecessary. If you don’t have chapters, then do it by every 15-20 pages or so. While you’re looking at your plot, then you can write your paper, in chronological order of course.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
plot (plŏt) Pronunciation Key

n.

A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose: a garden plot.

A measured area of land; a lot.

A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.

See graph1.

The pattern of events or main story in a narrative or drama.

A secret plan to accomplish a hostile or illegal purpose; a scheme.

its what the book is about. pretty much a summary.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
The plot is just a brief summary of what happened in the book, like all the main events. So just retell the story in about a paragraph in your own words.
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4 years ago
Anonymous
the living house of night series- %. and Kristin forged The Mortal gadgets series- Cassandra Clare The Thirst series- Christopher Pike The Fallen series- Lauren Kate The Immortal series- Alyson Noel alluring Creatures,Darkness, and Chaos- Kami Garcia Nightshade, Wolfsbane, and Bloodrose- Andrea Cremer Hush Hush series- Becca Fitzpatrick The Angel test series- James Patterson those are the books i’ve got study this summer, i ought to discover some extra >.<
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A few days ago
Anonymous
The plot simply is the CHANGE/or/BREAKING POINT. Just remmeber where the change occured and what happened that gave a twist to the story.

Good Luck

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A few days ago
Emilyy
a summary of a book but formed into a chart
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A few days ago
Paul M
it’s what the book was about…like….forrest gump was about a really stupid guy who did a lot of great things….robin hood, stole from the rich, gave to the poor, and had a girlfriend. use character names, events, prolly places.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
The plot is the storyline.
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