plot is a literary term. it is the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another. the events may form a pattern. that pattern may be a sequence, through cause and effect, or how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. (for example, at the start. a puppy hunged by a tree branch. at the middle, someone sees that puppy is about to fall. at the end, someone saves the puppy.)