omavahel seotud sündmuste kogum nende esituse sageduse, kestuse ja järjestusega. Vastandub faabulale, milles samad sündmused on ühekordsed, nende tegeliku kestuse ja kronoloogilise järjestusega. (FILMTERM)
More than the simple sequence of events, 'plot' suggests a pattern of relationships between events: a story with a beginning, middle and end, with its various parts bound together by cause and effect, exhibiting a version of typical experience or a view of morality. (Sherborne, 2005)
