storyline

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Summaries and summarizing
a (quick/brisk) trot through somethingidiom
abridgment
abstract
biodata
brushstroke
catch-all
encapsulate
encapsulation
executive summary
gist
handout
recapitulation
resume
shorthand
shorthand for somethingidiom
story
TLDR
to cut a long story shortidiom
trot
upsum

Examples of synopsis

synopsis
These synopses also therefore give an overview of the features common to wide geographic areas.
A collaborative introduction presents its aims and a synopsis of all contributions and chapters.
However, even a concise synopsis of the basic theory seems, at least to the modern reader, cumbersome if not patently incoherent.
The conclusion provides a good synopsis of the main findings.
Volume i presents a synopsis of the register.
A final section of the volume provides a synopsis of the discussion in all six sessions.
She provides brief synopses of the discourse approaches used in her analysis of the videotaped student-professor meeting.
As a result, the book falls far short of providing a comprehensive synopsis of human gene therapy development.
Each volume concludes with a set of synopses for each major geographical area, and one global synopsis.
Typical entries consist of a short narrative synopsis, description or biography, and a list of relevant films.
She therefore intends the book under review to be an authoritative synopsis of her findings (p. xiii).
Rather than attempt a running commentary on the debate as it unfolds, a topically-based synopsis and critical analysis will be given.
An accompanying booklet provides a synopsis of the play and interviews with the players.
Although it would be unwise to attempt a synopsis here, it is my impression that exemplar models are more than holding their own.
Synopsis of infectious diseases and parasites of commercially exploited shellfish.
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