Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Books about tropes (2 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "Tropes" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Books about tropes" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Tropes by type" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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.
The concept of a shared universe, wherein a company's diverse cast of characters are able to interact and crossover between books and events is usually labelled the "Universe" (DC, Marvel, Image, CrossGen, Valiant, etc.). Comics fandom has produced various shorthand ways of referring to the various universes, however, and the comics themselves ...