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A plot
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English
Noun
The primary plot of a piece of literature, television, etc., contrasted with the secondary B plot.
en 1966 Blaze Odell Bonazza Shakespeare's Early Comedies: A Structural Analysis The primary function of the A plot is to initiate the first movement and complication in the B plot and eventually absorb the B plot once it is resolved.
en 2001 Robert Keith Sawyer Creating Conversations: Improvisation in Everyday Discourse Shows have an A plot and a subsidiary, or B plot...
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