literary trope

use of figurative language – via word, phrase, or even an image – for artistic effect in literary works
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literary trope

Summary

literary trope is a narrative technique[1]. It draws 351 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #10 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • literary trope's instance of is recorded as narrative technique[3].
  • literary trope's instance of is recorded as cliché[4].
  • literary trope's subclass of is recorded as trope[5].
  • literary trope's subclass of is recorded as use[6].
  • literary trope's subclass of is recorded as rhetorical device[7].
  • literary trope's subclass of is recorded as narrative motif[8].
  • literary trope's said to be the same as is recorded as trope[9].
  • literary trope's facet of is recorded as literature[10].
  • literary trope's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • literary trope's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • literary trope's studied by is recorded as rhetoric[13].
  • literary trope's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as literary-tropes[14].
  • literary trope's Krugosvet article is recorded as gumanitarnye_nauki/lingvistika/TROPI.html[15].
  • literary trope's Literary Encyclopedia ID is recorded as b-3941[16].

Why It Matters

literary trope draws 351 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #10 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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