Namism at 2009-10-25 17:04:55:

college

Bailish at 2009-10-25 19:19:05:

I found a good list of narrative devices at Wikipedia, most with links to full articles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_technique

Carson Reeves at 2009-10-26 00:26:23:

The Book "The Sequence Approach" covers a handful of them really well.

Tom Murphy at 2009-10-26 01:33:56:

During my screenwriting MA we had a useful lecture on narrative devices, partnered with a screening of Midnight Cowboy, which uses a lot of them.

I'll see if I can dig out the notes and type them up. Check here for a link (over the next few days).

Alex Dobrenko at 2009-10-26 12:33:43:

This may be a bit too specific, but the website www.tvtropes.com is a wiki of every single trope ever used in film and TV. Running the gamut from classic reversals to the uber-specific "Solving the Puzzle from a Lecture in School that Day", this website is a great start.