What does plot mean?

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #269 [color=blue]“Literary Terms (1)”, question 6

The sequence of events or actions that take place in a story is called the .

(a) plot
(b) satire
(c) metaphor

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #269 [color=blue]“Literary Terms (1)”, answer 6

The sequence of events or actions that take place in a story is called the plot.

Correct answer: (a) plot
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Plot means what the sentence says. The events in the story of a play or novel.
We can say:
a neatly worked -out plot
it was a complicated plot for me
I couldn’t follow the plot