Underplot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Underplot is a noun meaning A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
Meaning
A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
More Meanings
- A secret scheme or trick.
- (intransitive) To form secret schemes or plots.
Example Sentences
I have not been able to discover the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives.
Thus, again to quote Mr. Homer Smith, it has been held that 'In general the pastoral incidents serve as an underplot, utterly foreign in spirit to the main plot.'
Word Forms
- underplots
- underplotting
- underplotted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subplot, substory, subpicture, subscene, undersection, subidea.
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