Linear and non-linear plot.

O plot it is the sequence of facts that happen in the story, the situations experienced by the characters, the actions they undergo or take.

O plot in your sequence can be linear or not linear.

it's linear when time, space and characters are presented in a logical way and actions develop chronologically, thus, the beginning, middle and end of the narrative is observed.

The non-linear plot it does not follow a chronological sequence, it develops discontinuously, with leaps, anticipations, retrospectives, cuts and with ruptures of time and space in which the actions take place.
Chronological time is mixed with the psychological, of the duration of the characters' experiences. The outer space is mixed with the inner spaces (characters' memory and imagination).
By Marina Cabral
Specialist in Portuguese Language and Literature
Brazil School Team

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