Each school is allocated 70-80 minutes to present a story, or a "plot". The school selects a specific topic. Examples might be a historical event, a famous Brazilian figure, a social issue, or even a mythological tale.

Each float, costume, dance, and song is expected to be strongly on theme, and this is a big part of the judging criteria.

In this category, the schools generally present 3 or 4 floats. The floats are meant to take the audience through the story, starting new chapters, and finally rounding up with an ending or a moral.