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plot device

Summary

plot device ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • plot device's subclass of is recorded as narrative technique[2].
  • plot device's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0170g5[3].
  • plot device's facet of is recorded as plot[4].
  • plot device's BBC Things ID is recorded as e6739551-48f3-4145-a992-f77f1080fe75[5].
  • plot device's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1q6j0yp_p[6].
  • plot device's Quora topic ID is recorded as Plot-Devices[7].
  • plot device's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration[8].
  • plot device's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/PlotDevice[9].
  • plot device's The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID is recorded as plot_devices[10].

Why It Matters

plot device ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . tvtropes.org. Retrieved . tvtropes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). plot device. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/plot-device
MLA “plot device.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/plot-device.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_plot-device_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{plot device}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/plot-device}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): plot device — https://4ort.xyz/entity/plot-device (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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