Weekly Blog 2

This week, we took a deeper look into defining the meaning of plot. The dictionary definition of plot is the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary work, but I have come to the realization that basic dictionary definitions don't tell us everything we need to know. For instance, the plot is the author's narrative design to his or her story, but there are many different ways to arrange the plot. One can arrange their plot chronologically, starting in the middle or at the end, going back and forth between past and present, or using flashbacks. There is no right way to organize a plot as long as the backround information the reader needs to make sense of the situation is there. Though the basic definition of plot doesn't tell us everything we need to know, the same is true when defining literature. Literature is a very general topic and most people have their own definiton of what it really is.