L.DAronco - The Meaning of "Storyline"
[author: Lorenzo D'Aronco - postdate: 2007-10-03]

Text: "Foe" by J.Coetzee
Task: Finding out the meaning of "storyline"

 

OBJECTIVES

Cultural: learning about meaning

Intertextual: finding links between dictionary use and understanding novels

Linguistic: improving writing skills

 

"STORYLINE"

 

Sources:

 

  • Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman:

"Storyline"= the main set of related events in a story; plot : The play had a strong story line.

 

  • Webliography: www.wordreference.com:

"Storyline"= plot line : the plot of a book or play or film.