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trope::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | figure, figure of speech, image |
| Type of | rhetorical device |
| Has types | zeugma, conceit, exaggeration, hyperbole, irony, kenning, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, synecdoche |
| Derivation | tropical |
Examples of trope
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Transparency, a favourite trope of modern architects, is therefore not possible.
From the guardian.co.uk
Be that as it may, just because this is an old trope doesn't mean it isn't true.
From the scienceblogs.com
Doesn't this look like a cynical mix of every indie trope of the past few years?
From the time.com
As a man of obvious intelligence it does you disservice to succumb to this trope.
From the economist.com
Most of the Jewish liturgy is sung or chanted with traditional melodies or trope.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Beasts of battle is a poetic trope in Old English and Old Norse literature.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A well-loved trope but you don't have to be especially brave to criticise Israel.
From the guardian.co.uk
Never mind that this is a tactical trope of which Said should obviously beware.
From the theatlantic.com
It's the common trope in old mysteries, but in this case, it was the caretaker.
From the newsfeed.time.com
- Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- In linguistics, trope is a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words, i.e., using a word in a way other than what is considered its literal or normal form. The other major category of figures of speech is the scheme, which involves changing the pattern of words in a sentence.
- In geometry, a trope is the reciprocal of a node on a given curve or surface, or a tangent line or plane touching the given surface in a particular way.
- A trope or tropus may be a variety of different things in medieval and modern music.
- The term "trope" is both a term which denotes figurative and metaphorical language and one which has been used in various technical senses. ...
- In Judaism, trope (or trop) is the musical pronunciation associated with the cantillation marks (accents) used for the ritual chanting of the Torah.
- A figure of speech, such as a metaphor, in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner; A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music; A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir; A cantillation; Something recurring across a genre or type of ...
- (Tropes) Fictional tricks of the trade.
- (Tropes) Figure of speech that uses a word aside from its literal meaning.
