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Other crossword clues for answer "TROPE"

TROPE
Figure of speech
Use of a word as an expression
Deus ex machina, for example
Figurative use of a word
Metaphor, e.g.
Figurative expression
Metonymy or synecdoche, e.g.
Irony, e.g.
Irony, say
Overused theme
Familiar theme
Familiar plot device
Irony, for example
Rhetorical device
Literary device
Convention of dramatists
Cinematic convention for conveying a concept
Figure of speech-irony.
Irony.
Topical heading.
Metaphor.
Figure of speech, such as irony.
Figure of speech: in rhetoric.
Figure of speech, as irony.
A figure of speech.
Metaphor or irony.
Use of a word in a figurative sense.
Figurative language in general.
What 4 Down is.
Figurative use of words.
Figurative language.
Turning: Comb. form.
Simile or metaphor.
Topical head.
Metaphor or simile.
Synecdoche, e.g.
Simile, e.g.
Metaphor or irony, e.g.
Metaphor, for one
Metaphor, literarily
Figurative device
Literary figure of speech
Recurrent theme
Irony or hyperbole
Amnesia in soap operas, e.g.
Meet-cute in a romance film, e.g.
Busy businesswoman in a rom-com, e.g.
Evil clown in a horror film, e.g.
The girl next door, for one
A car that won't start is a common one in horror films
Familiar cliché in storytelling, like "the love triangle" or "the girl next door"
Zeugma or synecdoche, e.g.
Word used as an expression
Artistic device
Cliche
Jump scare, for one, in horror movies
Movie cliche, e.g.
Movie cliche
Rhetoric device
Writer's device
Characters saying "you'd better come see this," e.g.
Enemies to lovers, e.g.
Meet cute in a rom-com, e.g.
Love triangle, e.g.
Mirror scare in a horror movie, e.g.
Movie or TV cliche
Hyperbole, e.g.
The idea that it was all a dream, in cinematic plot twists, e.g.
Recurring plot device
Cinematic convention
Recurrent motif
Clichéd plot device
Movie cliché