A plot device or plot mechanism is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward. A clichéd plot device may annoy the reader and a contrived...

A deathtrap is a literary and dramatic plot device in which a villain who has captured the hero or another sympathetic character attempts to use an elaborate...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In terms of fiction, a quibble is a plot device, used to fulfill the exact verbal conditions of an agreement in order...

called dream realms, illusory realms or dreamscape) are a commonly used plot device in fictional works, most notably in science fiction and fantasy fiction...

2012–2014 Device (pop-rock band), American pop-rock trio from the mid 1980s Device (Device album), 2013 Device (Eon album), 2006 Plot device, as in storytelling...

This information can be about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. In literature, exposition appears in the...

the unraveling or untying of the complexities of a plot. A plot device is a means of advancing the plot in a story. It is often used to motivate characters...

Plot armor is a plot device wherein a fictional character is preserved from harm due to their necessity for the plot to proceed. The Oxford English Dictionary...

Forsyth's The Odessa File. A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending, is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult...

metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang". A dangler, or dangling plotline, is a plot device in fiction where a plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped...