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''Above all, a trope is a convention. It can be a plot trick, a setup, a narrative structure, a character type, a linguistic idiom... you know it when you see it. Tropes are not inherently disruptive to a story; however, when the trope itself becomes intrusive, distracting the viewer rather than serving as shorthand, it has become a cliché.''<br> | ''Above all, a trope is a convention. It can be a plot trick, a setup, a narrative structure, a character type, a linguistic idiom... you know it when you see it. Tropes are not inherently disruptive to a story; however, when the trope itself becomes intrusive, distracting the viewer rather than serving as shorthand, it has become a cliché.''<br> | ||
- ''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Trope Television Tropes and Idioms]'' | |||
* [[Character Tropes]] | |||
* [[Dialogue Tropes]] | |||
* [[Stock Phrases]] | |||
* [[Narrative Device Tropes]] | |||
* [[Plot Tropes]] | |||
* [[Setting Tropes]] | |||
[[Category:Canon]][[Category:Random Canon Factoids]] | [[Category:Canon]][[Category:Random Canon Factoids]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:07, 22 March 2014
Merriam-Webster gives a definition of "trope" as a "figure of speech." In storytelling, a trope is just that — a conceptual figure of speech, a storytelling shorthand for a concept that the audience will recognize and understand instantly.
Above all, a trope is a convention. It can be a plot trick, a setup, a narrative structure, a character type, a linguistic idiom... you know it when you see it. Tropes are not inherently disruptive to a story; however, when the trope itself becomes intrusive, distracting the viewer rather than serving as shorthand, it has become a cliché.
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