or secondary action line. A minor plot that serves the main plot by reflecting, or contrasting with, it.
a second and less prominent story within a book, play, or movie
8,9,10 The secondary action of a story that reinforces or contrasts with the main plot.
a secondary plot in a game. See Plot (qv).
The portion of a plot that is managed by a subordinate base plot.
another name for an underplot; a subordinate plot in fiction or drama.
A secondary plot in a play, usually related to the main plot by play's end. The Gloucester plot in King Lear and the Laertes plot in Hamlet are examples.
a secondary or subordinate plot which often reflects on or complicates the major plot in a work of fiction such as a play
a secondary story line that is not equal in strength and intensity to the main plot
PLOT subordinate to the main plot of a literary work or drama.
The story beneath the main story.
means the second, less prominent plot in fiction or in drama.
Secondary action that is interwoven with the main action in a play or story. Several subplots are not uncommon in a novel. The effect of one or more subplots maybe to provide some comic relief from a more serious main plot, or to create a certain atmosphere or mood, such as suspense or intrigue.
Also called the "B Story," the subplot is used in various ways, weaving in and out of the main action.
( link / ) A secondary plot that runs parallel to the main plot. Subplots are often designed so that they can be ignored (or missed) by the PCs.
is a plot that runs parallel, but is secondary to the main plot, e.g., the Civil War is the subplot to the story line about Scarlett O'Hara.
a secondary plot line that enhances a main plot and intersects with it at a crucial point in the climax.
the secondary events in a story that mix with the main storyline in which the key characters and or theme is more fully explored.
a secondary story apart from the main romantic plot, but that influences the main plot (for example, the villain's machinations or another couple's love story)
is a secondary story in a narrative. A subplot may serve as a motivating or complicating force for the main plot of the work, or it may provide emphasis for, or relief from, the main plot Example: The conflict between the Capulets and the Montagues in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is an example of a subplot.
A subplot, sometimes referred to as a "B story" or a "C story" and so on, is a secondary plot strand that is auxiliary to the main action ("'A' story", main plot) of the story. (A plot in general is the connection of events in a temporal or metaphorical line of a story). Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and place or in thematic significance.