Trope (from Greek τροπή - tropē, "a turn, a change") may refer to:
- Trope (linguistics), a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words
- Trope (literature) or Literary trope, a common theme used in storytelling. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly See also Figure of speech In linguistics trope is a rhetorical Figure of speech that consists of a play on words i A literary trope (from Greek τρόπος - tropos "turn" related to the root of τρέπω - trepō "to turn to direct
- Trope (philosophy)
- Trope (music)
- Medieval music
- 20th century music
- Trope (Cantillation), sometimes trop (Yiddish טראָפ), the notation for accentuation and musical reading of the Bible in Judaism. The term " Trope " is both a term which denotes figurative and metaphorical language and one which has been used in various technical senses In Music a trope is In Medieval music From the Greek τρόπος ( tropos) "turn" related to the root of Cantillation is the ritual chanting of readings from the Bible in Synagogue services. Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut
See also
A frame in Social theory consists of a schema of interpretation, that is a collection of Stereotypes that individuals rely on to understand and respond A meme (miːm consists of any idea or behavior that can pass from one person to another by learning or imitation An archetype ( pronounced: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (Brit or /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ (Amer Pattern in architecture is the idea of capturing architectural design ideas as archetypal and reusable descriptionsDictionary
trope
-noun
- A figure of speech, such as a metaphor, in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner.
- (music) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
- (music) A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
- (Judaism) A cantillation.
- (literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror or ‘once upon a time’ as introduction to fairytales. Similar to a cliché, but not necessarily pejorative.