Devices and Tropes

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

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Devices and tropes are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devices" instead a noun "Tropes".

The World is extremely geeky and uses lots of anime and manga literary devices and tropes, which only fans of anime and manga would get.

Source: Animesque
The Big Brother Instinct serves to explain fan attraction to Moe tropes and devices can be an emotional, rather than sexual, response.

Source: Big Brother Instinct
The Order of the Stick has a lot of Genre Savvy characters, but Tarquin carries it to the point where he sees the other characters as nothing more than plot devices and tropes.

Source: Deconstruction

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Tropes and Devices. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/tropes

Devices & Tropes. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/tropes>.

Tropes or Devices. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/devices/tropes.

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