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- noun Plural form of
synopsis .
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Examples
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Five courses, from appetizer to dessert, earmark the theme evenings, along with synopses from the staff concerning things like ingredients and recipe sources.
Local Lactose-Free Foods, U.S. East Steve Carper 2008
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So far I've gotten two 2 synopses, which is a pretty paltry showing.
Synopsis Karaoke Editorial Anonymous 2008
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So far I've gotten two 2 synopses, which is a pretty paltry showing.
Archive 2008-11-01 Editorial Anonymous 2008
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Any chance you want to run 500 word synopses through your crapometer?
Miss Snark Feels the Chill of Fear Miss Snark 2005
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Bookish readers of the micro-blogging site are now boiling down such great works into a single sentence, and what is coming out is a whole new trend of 140 word synopses of some of the most classic novels. lthough the brevity of the summaries could appeal to modern readers more, the trend of using Internet slang might just offend literary purists.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Bookish readers of the micro-blogging site are now boiling down such great works into a single sentence, and what is coming out is a whole new trend of 140 word synopses of some of the most classic novels. lthough the brevity of the summaries could appeal to modern readers more, the trend of using Internet slang might just offend literary purists.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Jocelyn Noveck 2009
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For more advice on doing two-sentence synopses, please see this.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2010 » February » 09 2010
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The Infamous Synopsis – some comforting advice about synopses.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Highlights from our Blogroll 2009
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The atmosphere is informal and there are subtitles and online synopses.
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I still struggle to write my own synopses because I constantly forget what amount of information to include.
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