Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror or ‘once upon a time’ as introduction to fairytales. Similar to a cliché, but not necessarily pejorative
A figure of speech, such as metaphor or metonymy, in which words are not used in their literal (or actual) sense but in a figurative (or imaginative) sense
Trope has two meanings (1) a short dialogue inserted into the church mass during the early Middle Ages as a sort of mini-drama, (2) a rhetorical device involving shifts in the meaning of words--see tropes for examples
{i} figure of speech, any rhetorical device in which words are used not in accordance with their literal meaning; phrase interpolated into a text for purposes of emphasis (Literature)
Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the mad scientist of horror or once upon a time introduction to fairytales. Similar to a Cliché, but is not necessarily pejorative
n 1 a The figurative use of a word or an expression, as metaphor or hyperbole b An instance of this use; a figure of speech 2 Music A word or phrase interpolated as an embellishment in the sung parts of certain medieval liturgies
The intentional use of a word or expression figuratively, i e , used in a different sense from its original significance in order to give vividness or emphasis to an idea Some important types of trope are: antonomasia, irony, metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche Sidelight: Strictly speaking, a trope is the figurative use of a word or expression, while figure of speech refers to a phrase or sentence used in a figurative sense The two terms, however, are often confused and used interchangeably (See also Imagery)
The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech
- an artful deviation from the ordinary or principal signification of a word Among the tropes you may encounter are references to one thing as another, wordplay and puns, substitutions, overstatement and understatement and semantic inversions
Figures of thought; Meaning "turns," "conversions" in which words or phrases are used in a way that effects a conspicuous change in what we take to be their standard meaning
A figure of speech involving the figurative use of a term The term is derived from Greek tropos "a turn" (see also metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbol)