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Definisjon av trope

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Noun
trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
figure of speech, figure, image
rhetorical device a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
conceit the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
irony incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
hyperbole, exaggeration extravagant exaggeration
kenning conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
metaphor a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
metonymy substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
oxymoron conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
prosopopoeia, personification the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
simile a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
synecdoche substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
zeugma use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
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Substantiv
trope - 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 - A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
trope - A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
trope - A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
trope - A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
trope - A cantillation.

Verb
trope - To use, or embellish something with a trope.

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  • trope
    A rhetorical figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner.

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