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A literary trope is an artistic effect realized with figurative language — word, phrase, image — such as a rhetorical figure. [1] In editorial practice, a trope is "a substitution of a word or phrase by a less literal word or phrase". [ 2 ]
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Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men"). During the Renaissance, scholars meticulously enumerated and classified figures of speech.
Tropes are narratives that often rely on symbols or myths to inform beliefs in politics and political science. John S. Nelson argued in 1998 that tropes were not examined enough, and that being more aware of them would improve political discussion and debate. [ 1 ]
Trope denotes figurative and metaphorical language and one which has been used in various technical senses. The term trope derives from the Greek τρόπος (tropos), "a turn, a change", [1] related to the root of the verb τρέπειν (trepein), "to turn, to direct, to alter, to change"; [2] this means that the term is used metaphorically to denote, among other things, metaphorical language.
Tropological reading or "moral sense" is a Christian tradition, theory, and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of the Bible. It is part of biblical exegesis and one of the Four senses of Scripture.