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Scenario   /sɪnˈɛrioʊ/   Listen
Scenario

noun
1.
An outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work).
2.
A setting for a work of art or literature.
3.
A postulated sequence of possible events.





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"Scenario" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Dee Lish scenario writers had a brainstorm. They reasoned that if they began a new contest to pick the most suitable mother in America and then had her impregnated, artificially of course, by the most suitable donor, they would stir up all sorts of excitement for the next nine months and produce a baby that should ...
— Mother America • Sam McClatchie
... of the voyage. Of course, when this story is done in the movies they won't be satisfied with a bald statement like that; they will have a Spoken Title or a Cut-Back Sub-Caption or whatever they call the thing in the low dens where motion-picture scenario-lizards do their ...
— The Girl on the Boat • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
... one dare not laugh for fear of dispelling the charm—all this is "Trivia." Where are Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus or all the other Harold Bell Wrights of old time? Baron Verulam himself treads a heavy gait beside this airy elfin scamper. It is Atalanta's heels. It is a heaven-given scenario of that shyest, dearest, remotest of essences—the mind of a ...
— Shandygaff • Christopher Morley
... "A 'scenario,'" said the lady, "is a description of the plot for a photo-play. It is in manuscript form and hundreds of scenarios are submitted to us from every part of the country, and by people ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West • Edith Van Dyne
... early hours, when it was agreed that each should write out a plan, suggest the best treatment, and come together the next morning. When they did so, Kipling had mapped out the scenario of a novel; Bok had sketched out the headings of a series of analytical articles. Neither one could see the other's viewpoint, Kipling contending for the greater power of fiction and Bok strongly arguing for the value of the direct essay. In this instance, the ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)


Words linked to "Scenario" :   scene, premise, playscript, setting, scenarist, assumption, book, premiss, script


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