jQuery.fn.messagePlugin = function(){

    var selectedObjects = this;

    return {

             saySomething : function(message){

                              $(selectedObjects).each(function(){

                                $(this).html(message);

                              });

                              return selectedObjects; // Preserve the jQuery chainability 

                            },

             anotherAction : function(){

                               //...

                               return selectedObjects;

                             }

           };

};

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// Usage:

var a = $('p').messagePlugin();

var the=20;

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$('p').messagePlugin();

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a.anotherAction(the).css('color', 'red');

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var b = $('div').messagePlugin();

b.saySomething("the").css('color', 'red');

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a.saySomething('I am a Paragraph').css('color', 'blue');

​