trope: Word of the day for September 6, 2017

trope , n :
(art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor. […] (music) Musical senses. A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music. A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique. (Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or one of the marks that represents it. (Roman Catholicism) A phrase or verse added to the Mass when sung by a choir. […]
September 6, 2017