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Plot device

A plot device or plot mechanism is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward.

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Overview

Stories using plot devices

Examples

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Plot device

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples43
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Plot device

Top relations

related to MacGuffin · 18
Plot device → According, Alfred Hitchcock, Another, George Lucas, Hitchcock's, In, Lucas, MacGuffin, MacGuffins, Nick Lowe, Not, One Ring, Regarding, Rings, The, The Lord, This, Thus MacGuffins
related to Stories using plot devices · 17
Plot device → Arabian Nights, Ark, Brass, Covenant, Holy Grail, In, In Raiders, Indiana Jones, Jones, Last Crusade, Lost Ark, Many, Often, Sahara, Solomon, The City, This
related to Shoulder angel · 5
Plot device → Freudian, Plato's Chariot Allegory, The, They, Usually
related to Red herring · 2
Plot device → Red, The
used for · 1
Plot device → either dramatic or humorous effect in animation and comic strips

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Important terminology

plot device used character object shoulder angel example characters macguffin deus story stories ex machina narrative lord admetus devil however

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Plot deviceused foreither dramatic or humorous effect in animation and comic strips0.80text
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinMacGuffin0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinAlfred Hitchcock0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinAnother0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinRegarding0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinIn0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinThis0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinOne Ring0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinThe Lord0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinRings0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinNot0.60section
Plot devicerelated to MacGuffinHitchcock's0.60section

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