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What is a plot summary?

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Plot is the sequence of events through which an author construct a story which is always in chronological order.
Plot summary is summary of the story which is not in a chronological order.
Plot summaries cover the plot of a story, passing over details and other stuff that has less to do with the main idea of the story and only putting the plot as the main subject.

A brief outline of what happened in a story, movie, play etc.

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