An artful deviation from the ordinary or principal signification
of a word. One of two general categories for figures of speech, along
with scheme. Literally "turn" in Greek, trope
signifies when one turns a word or phrase from its conventional use to
a novel one for rhetorical effect. A scheme, on the other hand, refers
to the unusual arrangement of words.
An artful deviation from the ordinary or principal signification
of a word. One of two general categories for figures of speech, along
with 