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'''Trope''' is a rhetorical [[figure of speech]] that consists of using a word in a way other than what is considered its literal or normal form. In UNL, tropes are to be represented by attributes, as follows:

*'''@anthropomorphism''': Ascribing human characteristics to something that is not human, such as an animal or a god (see zoomorphism)
*'''@antiphrasis''': Word or words used contradictory to their usual meaning, often with irony
*'''@antonomasia''': Substitution of a phrase for a proper name or vice versa
*'''@catachresis''': use an existing word to denote something that has no name in the current language
*'''@double_negative''': Grammar construction that can be used as an expression and it is the repetition of negative words
*'''@dysphemism''': Substitution of a harsher, more offensive, or more disagreeable term for another. Opposite of euphemism
*'''@epanorthosis''': Immediate and emphatic self-correction, often following a slip of the tongue
*'''@euphemism''': Substitution of a less offensive or more agreeable term for another
*'''@hyperbole''': Use of exaggerated terms for emphasis
*'''@irony''': Use of word in a way that conveys a meaning opposite to its usual meaning
*'''@metaphor''': Stating one entity is another for the purpose of comparing them in quality
*'''@metonymy''': Substitution of a word to suggest what is really meant
*'''@onomatopoeia''': Words that sound like their meaning
*'''@oxymoron''': Using two terms together, that normally contradict each other
*'''@paradox''': Use of apparently contradictory ideas to point out some underlying truth
*'''@paronomasia''': A form of pun, in which words similar in sound but with different meanings are used
*'''@periphrasis''': Using several words instead of few
*'''@repetition''': Repeated usage of word(s)/group of words in the same sentence to create a poetic/rhythmic effect
*'''@synecdoche''': Form of metonymy, in which a part stands for the whole
*'''@synesthesia''': Description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.
*'''@zoomorphism''': Applying animal characteristics to humans or gods