device
- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪs/
- Literature
- A narrative device.
- a literary device
- a stylistic device
- a framing device
The point of a dagger missing, cut off by a framing device made between wood and linen.
- The point of a dagger missing, cut off by a framing device made between wood and linen.
- Sounds totally different, but it's actually using the exact same harmonic device.
- A third example of a structural device that I recommend highly is a ticking clock.
- The point of it is when you start acting as if you often make it so, and it's a it's a wonderful device for romantic comedies.
- But what you do, you use things like the augmented scale or you you will use different devices that you wouldn't normally find.
- Those are all kind of almost spatial devices that we use to convey meaning in more effectively.
- You know, it's sort of, I guess it's just sort of a narrative device in a way.
- So, and we'll, we'll talk a little bit more about how that's supposed to work, which couldn't possibly work like that, but it's, it's an interesting plot device.
- And that one got thrown out because it was obviously a rhetorical device.
- I've always thought of as a film, as a manipulation device is I think a movie as leading to one thing I want to get.
Examples
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Ah, a convenient plot device.
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A third example of a structural device that I recommend highly is a ticking clock.
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Some dramatic device to humanise it so it gets read.
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The only reality that the story or drama actually has is as a representational device existing in the real world.
Academic text (2017) -
How you accomplish this, which narrative devices you employ will depend on your story.
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It is no coincidence that Poltergeist used this phenomenon as a plot device.
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Much like the foreshadowing device, parallelism is also used by the narrator to create structural cohesion.
Academic text (1992) -
This, what you're watching right now, is called a framing device, a story that wraps around the main story like a warm blanket around a baby.
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While Gurney does this more elliptically, using the device of Judy's Antigone, Mamet does it straight on.
Academic text (1993) -
In her latest novel, the author skillfully uses a narrative device to explore the theme of betrayal.
Compounds
A machine that uses electricity to process or send information like phones and computers
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A part that helps a missile or vehicle find and move toward a target
A piece of equipment that protects people from injury, like an airbag or seatbelt
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A machine that helps a person take air into their lungs when they cannot do it themselves
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A small object or bit of explosive used to start a larger explosion
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A small program that lets a computer use hardware like a printer or keyboard
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A man-made part that replaces a missing body part, for example a leg or a tooth
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A tool that uses light to make things easier to see like microscopes or cameras
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Something that sends computer information so people can see or hear it, like a screen
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Something people use to prevent pregnancy, like a condom or diaphragm
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An electronic machine like a printer that connects to a computer to let you enter, see or save information
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An electronic part made from a material that partly conducts electricity and controls its flow in circuits, like transistors
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A tool used to put information into a computer, like a keyboard or mouse
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A thing about a device you can measure under certain conditions, like how much power it uses
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A machine that uses electricity and moving parts to do work, like an elevator
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A climbing tool that automatically locks and stops the rope if a climber falls
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A machine that automatically controls the path of a vehicle like a missile or aircraft
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A device that takes information into a computer and sends information out, like a printer or touchscreen
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A machine like a keyboard or printer that moves information between a computer and a user
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A machine like a keyboard or monitor that sends data into and out of a computer
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A test that asks people to say what unclear pictures or situations show to reveal hidden feelings
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A tube-shaped tool that controls a climbing rope to stop falls or lower someone
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Etymology
Device originally meant a 'planned design' from Latin dividere 'to divide', so imagine a writer arranging parts of a story on purpose. That's why device can mean a method or technique in art or writing used to create a particular effect.