Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plot_element

1 sense of plot element

Sense 1
plot element -- (a component or element of the plot of a story)
       => component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient -- (an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech")