the moment when a previously planted component of drama (an object, a line of dialogue, a piece of activity, an effect, a situation, etc.) acquires a particular meaning [by serving its purpose in the story]. (Lavandier, 2005) An event foreshadowed by a plant. (FILMTERM)
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