Tropes [noun]
Definition of Tropes:
figure of speech, implied comparison
Synonyms of Tropes:
Opposite/Antonyms of Tropes:
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Sentence/Example of Tropes:
You must listen to the definition of a catachresis:—'A catachresis is the boldest of any trope.
Bene, satis, male,— Where was I with my trope 'bout one in a quag?
Rage and despair do sometimes vent themselves in hyperbole and trope.
For rhetoric, he could not ope / His mouth, but out there flew a trope.
The turn of expression is called a Trope, and change of construction is called a Schema.
Literally, this trope was not accurate, because the station was noisier than usual.
In the use of the trope I find the one a reproduction of the other.
The principal varieties of the trope are the metonymy and the metaphor.
This Trope is illustrated by Diogenes with exceeding brevity.
For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope.