Tropes Flashcards
1
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Tropes
A
Concerned with a change in the meaning of words- referring to one thing as another.
2
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Scheme
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Concerned with he pattern of words. e.g. Rhyme Scheme
3
Q
Metaphor
A
Reference to one thing to another, implying a comparison.
4
Q
Simile
A
An explicit comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
5
Q
Metonymy
A
Reference to something/someone by naming one of its attributes.
Word- Hollywood
Actual Meaning- A section of Los Angeles, CA.
Metonymic Usage- The American Film Industry
6
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Synecdoche
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A whole is represented as one of its parts or vice versa.
‘All eyes are on you’
7
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Personification
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Reference to abstractions or inanimate objects as though their had human qualities or abilities.
