plot element

Other forms: plot elements

Definitions of plot element
  1. noun
    a component or element of the plot of a story
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    types:
    MacGuffin, McGuffin
    (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
    type of:
    component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
    an abstract part of something
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