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Free sign upThe term 'plot device' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a literary term used to refer to any element used to advance the plot of a story. For example: The alien abduction was just a plot device to further the conflict between the two main characters.
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plot device
noun
An element introduced into a story, film, etc. to advance its plot.
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Or just a plot device?
Just a mysterious plot device".
She is a rhetorical plot device.
There's no lazier plot device than Christmas.
Hacks are a great plot device.
In fact, it's pretty much this show's standard plot device.
The writers have turned a penis into a plot device.
Oli is not just a plot device however.
The love triangle is perhaps the most universal plot device.
Or does it feel like a plot device?
Best plot device ever, it saves a ton of exposition.
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