trope
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7.4
- noun
- /troʊp/
- Literature
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tropo
- The action of Coriolanus, for example, amounts to a kinetic combination of two tropes: metonymy and synecdoche (142-62).
- rhetorical trope
- trope as a figure
- trope such as metaphor
Examples
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Since her first album's release in 2008, Lady Gaga has enthusiastically played with the trope of monstrosity.
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First and foremost is the classic trope of having an upper class woman has her hair just out and about.
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And if you love a forced roommate trope, Sarah delivers for you.
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But I just find this entire trope around toxins and food to be ridiculous.
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Synecdoche being the rhetorical trope of using a part for a whole.
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A very common trope is just the what I eat in a day videos or my daily routine videos where they will show doing their hair, going to the gym.
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Gaga, however, puts a distinct take on the trope of monstrous Otherness.
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Browning's most characteristic technique is prosopopoeia, or making the dead speak, the trope employed in his dramatic monologues.
Academic text (2017) -
The similarities extend to rhetorical tropes and ideological aspirations as well.
Academic text (2011) -
In many romantic comedies, the misunderstanding trope leads to hilarious situations.
Synonyms
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8.2
A use of words that means more than the usual meaning
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Words used to mean something different to create a strong picture
Compounds
- NSFW
A pattern in roleplaying games where characters travel and kill others without caring about the story
How Figurative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trope comes from the Greek tropos, which means 'turn'. A trope is like a 'turn' of words that changes the usual meaning to create a strong image, so calling time a 'thief' is a simple example of this turning of language.