cliffhanger

plot device in which dramatic tension is left unresolved at the end of an episode of serialized fiction to entice the audience to return
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cliffhanger

Summary

cliffhanger is a narrative technique[1]. cliffhanger draws 536 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #6 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • cliffhanger's instance of is recorded as narrative technique[3].
  • cliff is named after cliffhanger[4].
  • cliffhanger's subclass of is recorded as end[5].
  • cliffhanger's part of is recorded as serial[6].
  • cliffhanger's has part is recorded as cliffhanger scene[7].
  • cliffhanger's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jrb0[8].
  • cliffhanger's described at URL is recorded as http://edebiyat.k12.org.tr/kavramlar/%27Cliffhanger%27+Nedir%3F/27[9].
  • cliffhanger's described at URL is recorded as https://www.kahramangiller.com/genel/geek-terminoloji-cliffhanger-nedir/[10].
  • cliffhanger's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1758132[11].
  • cliffhanger's has characteristic is recorded as incompleteness[12].
  • cliffhanger's has goal is recorded as continuation[13].
  • cliffhanger's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as cliffhanger[14].
  • cliffhanger's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4015-56348[15].
  • cliffhanger's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/CliffHanger[16].
  • cliffhanger's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/Cliffhanger[17].
  • cliffhanger's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/15079[18].
  • cliffhanger's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 07472890-n[19].
  • cliffhanger's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06634188-n[20].
  • cliffhanger's IMDb keyword is recorded as cliffhanger[21].
  • cliffhanger's IMDb keyword is recorded as cliffhanger-ending[22].

Why It Matters

cliffhanger draws 536 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #6 of 29).[2] cliffhanger has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] cliffhanger is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . tvtropes.org. Retrieved . tvtropes.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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