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  2. Trope (literature) - Wikipedia

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    In editorial practice, a trope is "a substitution of a word or phrase by a less literal word or phrase". [2] Semantic change has expanded the definition of the literary term trope to also describe a writer's usage of commonly recurring or overused literary techniques and rhetorical devices (characters and situations), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] motifs ...

  3. Wikipedia : WikiProject Books/Images

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    Free book covers belong on Wikimedia commons, and can be found there in appropriate categories. Non-free but fair use book covers belong on Wikipedia, and can be found in Category:Non-free images of book covers. All non-free content should comply with Wikipedia's non-free content criteria policy. First edition covers are preferred.

  4. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.). [1] [2] In the distinction between literal and figurative language, figures of speech constitute the latter.

  5. Category:Tropes - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Tropes" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.

  6. Category:Book cover images by genre - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Historical fiction book cover images (3 C, 2,780 F) Historical mystery book cover images (1 C ...

  7. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Science Fantasy or Sci-Fan, is a hybrid genre within speculative fiction that simultaneously draws upon or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy.[1] In a conventional science fiction story, the world is presented as being scientifically logical, while a conventional fantasy story contains mostly supernatural and ...

  8. Joannes Susenbrotus - Wikipedia

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    His rhetorics textbook Epitome troporum defines 132 tropes and figures and gives examples of their use in ancient literature as well as references in contemporary books on rhetorics. Living in the days of the Protestant Reformation, Susenbrotus distinctly remained a Roman Catholic. Around 1542, Susenbrotus died from injuries sustained when a ...

  9. 14 Literary Tropes That Readers Can't Stand, And 13 That'll ...

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