Trope synonyms

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figure-of-speech
(Idiomatic) A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.
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metaphor
(Uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile.
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simile (related)
A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, dissimilar thing by the use of like, as, etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale, her tears flowed like wine)
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figure
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
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comparison (related)
A statement or estimate of similarities and differences.
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archetype (related)
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topos (related)
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signifier (related)
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intertextuality (related)
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hypertextuality (related)
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meta-narrative (related)
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allegory (related)
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analogy
(Biology) Correspondence in function or position between organs of dissimilar evolutionary origin or structure.
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archaism (related)
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poetic-language (related)
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image
(--- Bible) A sculptured figure used as an idol
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Trope Sentence Examples

  • Of course, the car chase is a standard trope of the Hollywood film, never the traffic jam.

  • Scientists and physicians saw nudism not as a return to Eden (although this trope certainly occurred in nudist writing), but as a path forward to a shining new modernity in which science, rather than superstition, would lead the way.

  • Moving from vampires to aliens, she turns the trope of "aliens among us" into interesting scifi through her skill at bringing the characters to life and making the reader care.

  • In subsequent decades, the trope associated with these female robots continued to develop to include 21st century fictional accounts such as feminine robots like the Cylon Three, Six and Eight models in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.

  • A twist on this trope is found in the NBC television series Chuck where the main character becomes the human computer known as Intersect, and must struggle against the Intersect’s ability to overwhelm his mind.

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