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Noun Concept

Categories: Figures of speech, Tropes, Articles with short description, Narrative units, Rhetoric

trope figure of speech figure image literary trope

Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense WordNet 3.0

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Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect. Wikipedia

A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech. Wikipedia

A figure of speech or common literary device Wikipedia Disambiguation

Use of figurative language – via word, phrase, or even an image – for artistic effect; overused theme or device Wikidata

Intentional deviation from ordinary language, chosen to produce a rhetorical effect Wikidata

Use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech Wikidata

Use of figurative language – via word, phrase, or even an image – for artistic effect Wikidata

A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. OmegaWiki

A rhetorical figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used other than in a literal manner. OmegaWiki

A figure of speech. Wiktionary

Word or phrase. Wiktionary (translation)

A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. Wiktionary

Rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

HAS KIND

HAS INSTANCE

barefoot and pregnant

De viris illustribus

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DERIVATION

tropical

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

FACET OF

literature

MEMBER OF USAGE DOMAIN

SAID TO BE THE SAME AS

Rhetorical device

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

trope, figure of speech, figure, image

Wikipedia

figure of speech, trope (literature)

Wikidata

figure of speech, literary trope, trope

Wiktionary

figure, figure of speech, trope

OmegaWiki

figure of speech, trope

Wikipedia Redirections

figurative speech, Figure of Speech, figures of speech, Forms of speech, four master tropes, Language techniques, literary trope, Literary tropes, Trope (fiction)

Wikidata Alias

rhetorical figure