In linguistics, trope is a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words, i. A figure of speech, sometimes Rhetoric has had many definitions no simple definition can do it justice A figure of speech, sometimes e. , using a word in a way other than what is considered its literal or normal form. The other major category of figures of speech is the scheme, which involves changing the pattern of words in a sentence. A figure of speech, sometimes
Trope comes from the Greek τροπή (tropē), "a turn, a change" and that from τρέπω (trepō), "to turn, to direct, to alter, to change". Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly We can imagine a trope as a way of turning a word away from its normal meaning, or turning it into something else.
Types
- metonymy — a trope through proximity or correspondence, for example referring to actions of the U. In Rhetoric, metonymy (mɨˈtɒnɨmi is the use of a word for a concept or object associated with the concept/object originally denoted by the word S. President as "actions of the White House. "
- irony — creating a trope through implying the opposite of the standard meaning, such as describing poverty as "good times. Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or "
- metaphor — an explanation of an object or idea through juxtaposition of disparate things with a similar characteristic, such as describing a courageous person as having a "heart of a lion. Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects "
- synecdoche — related to metonymy and metaphor, creates a play on words by referring to something with a related concept: for example, referring to the whole with the name of a part, such as "hired hands" for workers; a part with the name of the whole, such as "the law" for police officers; the general with the specific, such as "bread" for food; the specific with the general, such as "cat" for a lion; or an object with the material it is made from, such as "bricks and mortar" for a building. Synecdoche is taken from Greek sinekdohi (συνεκδοχή meaning "simultaneous understanding" (si-nek-duh-kee (pronounced /sɪˈnɛkdoˌki/
- antanaclasis — is the stylistic trope of repeating a single word, but with a different meaning each time. In Rhetoric, antanaclasis (from Greek antanáklasis meaning reflection echo is the stylistic trope of repeating a single word but with a different meaning Antanaclasis is a common type of pun, and like other kinds of pun, it is often found in slogans. A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical Example: "Latin America has import. (it counts, has significance). And when it imports (brings foreign goods in), it imports (it brings in the goods) with LatinAmericaImporta. com"(part of an Internet company's name).
- allegory - A sustained metaphor continued through whole sentences or even through a whole discourse. An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation For example "The ship of state has sailed through rougher storms than the tempest of these lobbyists. [1]
See also
- Scheme (linguistics)
- Trope (disambiguation)
- Tropological reading
Sources
- Silva Rhetorica (rhetoric. See also Figure of speech In linguistics scheme is a Figure of speech that changes the normal arrangement of words in a sentence's structure byu. edu)
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