In classical rhetoric, the tropes and schemes fall under the canon of style. These stylistic features certainly do add spice to writing and speaking. ... Rhetorical Question: A trope in which the one asks a leading question. Example: "With all the violence on TV today, is it any wonder kids bring guns to school?"
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TROPES -- Tropes are figures of speech with an unexpected twist in the meaning of words, ... For extended examples and discussion, see Arthur Quinn's Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase, or J. A. Cuddon's Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, or Richard A. Lanham's A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms, 2nd edition.
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These lists are intended to help you identify figures, tropes, and other rhetorical strategies and devices.
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In linguistics, trope is a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words, i.e., using a word in a way other than what is considered its literal or normal form. The other major categor...
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In the Leviathan (1651), Thomas Hobbes dismissed 'the use of metaphors, tropes and other rhetorical figures, instead of words proper. For though it be lawful to say, for example, in common speech, the way goeth, or leadeth hither, or thither;
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Rhetorical Figures (Tropes & Schemes) ... Exemplum--Rhetorical example--An example cited, either true or fictional; an illustrative story or anecdote. ... Erotema-- The rhetorical question. To affirm or deny a point strongly by asking it as a question. Generally, the rhetorical question includes an emotional dimension,
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They have misgivings about the enthymemic quality—that is, the truncated syllogisms of rhetorical argument—caused by the use of the tropes. These objections were first raised by Plato (c. 428–348 or 347 B.C.E.) in various dialogues with the Sophists, the professional rhetoricians of his time.
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Through an analysis of two rhetorical tropes used in the discourse, it examines the way in which bargainers enact tacit norms, use bargaining formulas, and define the nature of their interdependence.
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Semiotics: Rhetorical Tropes ... What tropes (e.g. metaphors and metonyms) are involved? ... Chandler's notes on rhetorical tropes...
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Figures of Speech, Prof. Grant Williams; Figures of Speech from the Simpsons, Jay Heinrichs; Figures, Tropes, & Other Rhetorical Terms, Dr. Nordquist, About Grammar & Composition; The Forest of Rhetoric, Dr. Gideon O. Burton; A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples, Kentucky Classics; A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices,
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