And that structural device turned out to be the key to unlock a dramatic structure.

In common with his other novels, Ishiguro uses the structural devices of memory and perspective within this novel.

He'll hear an accent in a soloist's line and use it, turning it into a structural device.

After the first draft, I love to re-write and work with structural and narrative devices.

The patterns and structural devices are as compelling.

A chord progression in the left hand, based upon a descending chromatic bass, serves as an important structural device.

It received lukewarm reviews: critics failed to appreciate both its message and its structural devices.

The toys she favors in her paintings are human and animal figures, not mechanical or structural devices.

If some of his structural devices feel clunky or overly spelled out, the actors make up for it most of the time.

In the 13th century, the technique was used by English composers of the Worcester school as a structural device.