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plot
Noun
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A plot is the course of a story. It is the main things that happen in a story.
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A plot is a scheme for people to do something secretly.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
data
Noun
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Data is information, such as facts, numbers, photographs, etc.
A study using experimental data from ten schools found no difference between methods.