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plot twist

plot twist noun: a change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.

Noun

plot twist (plural plot twists)

  1. A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
    • It was daring of Lena Dunham, the show’s writer and creator, to introduce this particular plot twist. Assisted suicide is one of the subjects that American television shows steadily avoid.2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic

Forms of plot twist

pluralplot twists

Words formed from plot twist

Questions about plot twist

What does plot twist mean?
Plot twist means a change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
What part of speech is plot twist?
Plot twist is a noun.
What is the plural of plot twist?
The plural of plot twist is plot twists.

Words near plot twist in the dictionary

  1. plot line
  2. plot lines
  3. plot out
  4. plot point
  5. plot points
  6. plot twist
  7. plot twists
  8. plot wheel
  9. plot wheels
  10. plot-twisty
  11. plotbunnies

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