Affect and Plot

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Plot and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a verb "Affect".

Plot

Plot verb - To engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends.

Affect and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

Common collocations

someone affect someone plot someone
way affect way plot way
story affect story plot story

Both words in one sentence

  • Make the plot start moving (without needing to affect the protagonists directly at first), or
  • It still uses many of the same concepts, characters, and plot lines but keeps a might tighter view on how the technology and politics of the era would affect things.
  • Every named character, and some that aren't named, eventually affect the overall plot in some meaningful way.
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