Category:Trope

trope

An idiom of storytelling, frequently used in a derogatory sense. In the context of genre, tropes form a contract between the writer and the reader. "It's not how big your trope is, but how you use it."(Source: Fritz Freiheit)

A literary trope (from Greek τροπή - tropē, "a turn, a change" and that from τρέπω - trepō, "to turn, to direct, to alter, to change") is a common pattern, theme, motif in literature, or a term often used to denote figures of speech in which words are used in a sense different from their literal meaning. -- (Source: Trope (literature) at Wikipedia )

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A figure of speech, usually used to describe overworked images, literary or dramatic conventions, or stale ideas borrowed from other writers. See Used Furniture. (Original source: http://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/being-a-glossary-of-terms-useful-in-critiquing-science-fiction/ ) (e)