Assertion: amnesia | /r/HasProperty | a clichéd plot device
Facets:
value: for soap operas
type: PURPOSE
value: for mystery novels
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Although amnesia is a clichéd plot device for mystery novels and soap operas, this type of global amnesia -- in which a person forgets everything about his or her life, typically called a fugue state -- is very rare, said Jason Brandt, a neuropsychologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, who was not involved in Latulip's care.