Devices and Plots

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Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.

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Plots and devices are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plots" instead a noun "Devices".

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Devices and plots are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devices" instead a noun "Plots".

Some odd-seeming Narrative Devices and Plots in old movies have been misblamed on Hays Office censorship.

Source: Mis-blamed
While other characters are still present, their roles were greatly minimized, with Sonic himself being the only playable character, and the plots focusing on Sonic, Tails, Eggman, and newcomers Orbot & Cubot, with a few one-off characters that serve as plot devices.

Source: Franchise / Sonic the Hedgehog
Jasper Fforde's The Well of Lost Plots — part of the Thursday Next series, which is dedicated to playing with literary devices — features a literal deus ex machina.

Source: Deus Ex Machina / Literature

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