Plot device
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A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot. In the hands of a skilled writer, the reader or viewer will not notice that the device is a construction of the author—it will seem to follow naturally from the setting or characters in the story. A poorly-written story, on the other hand, may have such awkward or contrived plot devices that the reader has serious trouble maintaining suspension of disbelief; indeed, the devices may even leave plot holes.
Some plot devices include:
- Cliffhanger
- deathtrap
- Narrative hook
- Deus ex machina
- Eavesdropping
- MacGuffin
- Quest
- Villain
- Voyeurism
- Reversal
- Plot dump
- Plot coupon
- Stock character
- Sexual tension
- Flashing arrow
- Plot point
- Plot generator
- Foreshadowing
- Red herring
- Chekhov's Gun
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See also
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External links
- Television Tropes and Idioms Big list of plot devices, editable wiki