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Tropes

Tropes. Natalia, Betsy, Jacky, Louisa. Tropes. Hyperbole - a trope in which a point is stated in a way that is greatly exaggerated. Ex: “The puppy was so cute I died.”

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Tropes

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  1. Tropes Natalia, Betsy, Jacky, Louisa

  2. Tropes Hyperbole - a trope in which a point is stated in a way that is greatly exaggerated. Ex: “The puppy was so cute I died.” Understatement - a form of irony in which a point is deliberately expressed as less, in magnitude, value, or importance, than it actually is. Ex: In Romeo and Juliet Mercutio dismisses the fatal wound he has just received as “a scratch.”

  3. More Tropes Paradox - a trope in which a statement that appears on the surface to be contradictory or impossible turns out to express an often striking truth. Ex: the slogan of the Bauhaus School of art and architecture, “Less is more” Oxymoron - a compressed paradox that closely links two seemingly contrary elements in a way that, on further consideration, turns out to make good sense. Ex: “bittersweet” or “the living dead”

  4. Even More Tropes Litotes - A figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite. It is a special form of understatement, where the surface denial serves, through ironic contrast, to reinforce the underlying assertion. Ex: “He’s no fool” Periphrasis - A figure of thought in which a point is stated by deliberate circumlocution, rather than directly. Ex: use in euphemisms such as “passed away” rather than “died” or “vertically-challenged” instead of “short”

  5. One More... Pun - A figure of thought that plays on words that have the same sound (homonyms), or closely similar sounds, but have sharply contrasted meanings. - “Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: "You stay here; I'll go on a head." - “I mustache you a question, but I’ll shave it for later.” - “A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.”

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