tropetroʊp
trope
trope
English Definitions:
trope, figure of speech, figure, image (noun)
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
trope (Noun)
Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the 'mad scientist' of horror movies or 'once upon a time' as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and cliché but not necessarily pejorative.
trope (Noun)
A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
trope (Noun)
A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
trope (Noun)
A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
trope (Noun)
A cantillation.
trope (Verb)
To use, or embellish something with a trope.
Trope
A literary trope is the use of figurative language. For example, the sitting United States administration might be referred to as "Washington". Since the 1970s, the word has also come to mean a commonly recurring literary device, motif, or cliché. The term trope had its first known use in English during 1533 and it derives from the Greek τρόπος, "turn, direction, way", derived from the verb τρέπειν, "to turn, to direct, to alter, to change".
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