trope

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 * Trope** = Overused plot device

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[|Trope_(literature)]

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A trope is a convention. It can be a [|plot] trick, a setup, a narrative structure, a character type, a linguistic idiom... you know it when you see it. Tropes are not inherently disruptive to a story; however, when the trope itself becomes intrusive, distracting the viewer rather than serving as shorthand, it has become a [|cliché]. - []

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