TROPE
What does "TROPE" mean?
A common or recurring figure, theme, or device in writing, speech, or storytelling.
Meanings
- A recurring convention, theme, or cliché in art and storytelling. The lone hero riding into town is the oldest trope in the western.
- A figure of speech using words in a non-literal sense, such as metaphor or irony. Calling time a thief is a trope, not a fact. technical
Did you know?
- A trope is named for a swerve: the Greek 'tropos' means a turn, since a figure of speech turns a word away from its literal sense.
Word origin
From Latin 'tropus', a figure of speech, from Greek 'tropos', a turn or way, from 'trepein', to turn - a trope literally 'turns' a word from its plain meaning.
Remember it
A TROPE turns the meaning - hear 'trope' next to 'turn' and remember it comes from Greek for a twist.
A little poem
The same old wolf still circles the same wood;
we name the turn, then turn it where we could.
couplet
Wordplay
- I tried to write a story with no tropes - it turned out to be the one about the writer who tries to write a story with no tropes.
What it teaches
A trope is a worn path through the woods; familiar is not the same as wrong.
Quick facts
What does TROPE mean?
A common or recurring figure, theme, or device in writing, speech, or storytelling.
Is TROPE a valid word?
Yes — TROPE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TROPE?
TROPE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TROPE come from?
From Latin 'tropus', a figure of speech, from Greek 'tropos', a turn or way, from 'trepein', to turn - a trope literally 'turns' a word from its plain meaning.
What can TROPE teach us?
A trope is a worn path through the woods; familiar is not the same as wrong.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.