Dangler is a literary term meaning a plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang". A dangler, or dangling plotline, is a plot device in fiction...

A plot device or plot mechanism is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward. A clichéd plot device may annoy the reader and a contrived...

Look up dangle or dangling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dangle, dangler or dangling may refer to: Dangler (plot device), an unresolved plot line in...

A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious situation, facing a difficult dilemma...

mainframe. At the bunker, Gabriel ambushes the team with a timed nuclear device, demanding the Podkova. Kittridge interrupts, seeking control of the Entity...

into a swimming pool. Harley realises that they have been tracked with a device hidden in the dollar coin given to them by Alexander. The two hop a freight...

or non-sentient, serving as species for characters, setting pieces, plot devices, and background elements. The diversity of alien species in Star Wars...

or goddess onto the stage to resolve an insuperable conflict in the plot. The device is most commonly associated with Euripides. Deus lux mea est God is...

networks. They pitched the story to about 15 cable networks, all of whom felt a plot with children as leading characters wouldn't work and asked the brothers...

is mounted well above the heads of the people present, suspended from a device that causes it to rotate steadily on a vertical axis, and illuminated by...

after leaving Earth, where civilization is sparse and mostly lawless. The plot and characters of the series differ greatly between the original manga and...

have in common, whether surface or bulk defects, is that they produce dangling bonds that have specific electron energy levels different from those of...

constant association of water with death is maintained via a serial-killer sub-plot, which sees victims periodically dragged from the canals; there is also a...

Subhash had placed an illegal firearm in Christy's bag along with a beeping device. The National Security Guards mistake Christy for a terrorist and fatally...

alien technology. Harry at first repeatedly threatens to kill Max, then plots to get him to move away; eventually, they reach a truce but continue trading...

the device being biased has its bias fed through another device which is itself non-linear, a diode for instance. In this case however, the plot of the...

Stanley Kubrick, who co-wrote the screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke. Its plot was inspired by several short stories optioned from Clarke, primarily "The...

realisation that Raven has no recollection of him at all, and they leave the device where it is. As Jaha reflects on his future plans, Pike decides to sentence...

writer George Lucas decided to regard this film as a prequel. Three plot devices were rejected before Lucas wrote a film treatment that resembled the...

The Dumaresq is a mechanical calculating device invented around 1902 by Lieutenant John Dumaresq of the Royal Navy. It is an analog computer that relates...

2020 novel Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke adapted the accident as a plot device. In the novel, a fictional Australian airliner crashes in the ocean,...

five-episode series, highlighting concerns with inconsistent pacing, dangling plot threads, and a repetitive feel to mid-series episodes. The series has...

third-year student at Kyoto University, using parallel universes as a plot device to explore how his life would have differed had he joined a particular...

Roman sexuality include: the comic playwright Plautus (d. 184 BC), whose plots often revolve around sex comedy and young lovers kept apart by circumstances;...

1934, but they were unable to build a working practical semiconducting device based on the concept. The transistor effect was later observed and explained...

Juggernaut. Time travel was used as a plot device to explore the themes and history of the X-Men, and to resolve several dangling plotlines. The story takes place...

loyalty, and further studies analyze the function of color as a storytelling device. The Grand Budapest Hotel premiered in competition at the 64th Berlin International...

allowing them to lean forward. They were granted U.S. patent 5,255,452 for the device. The video for "Leave Me Alone" was not officially released in the US, but...

to be careful. He was warned that either the Americans were offering a "dangle" in order to root out foreign intelligence operations, or if this was a...

real life." Some reviewers criticised the novel for "convoluted" plots and "dangling details", as well as inconsistent dialogue that "can veer from wittily...