emploted

Emploted is a rarely used past participle form of the verb emplot, a term found in literary theory and narratology. To emplot something is to select, arrange, and present a sequence of events as a coherent narrative, making causal connections and organizing time to produce a plot. The noun emplotment is more commonly discussed than the verb form, while emplotted serves as the descriptive form for events that have been shaped into a plot.

Etymology: The term appears to be a derivation from the noun plot with the prefix em-, parallel to other verbal formations such as employ or enable, though emplotment is the more frequent scholarly noun. The word is chiefly encountered in academic writing on narrative construction, historical storytelling, and memory studies, rather than in everyday language.

Usage: In critical analysis, scholars may describe how a story or history emplots heterogeneous events into a single line of causation. For example, a historian might say that the narrative intentionally emplots disparate episodes to reveal a central theme, thereby presenting what is called emplotment of the events. In practice, emploted is used sparingly and tends to appear in more technical discussions of plot formation rather than in general prose.

See also: emplotment, narrative theory, plot (narrative).