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Advanced Figurative Language Tropes and Schemes What Is Figurative Language? Language that plays with the meanings or sounds of words to enhance imagery, add layers of meaning, direct the readers’ attention in a particular way or to add power. Tropes Schemes TROPES A literary trope is the usage of figurative language in literature, or a figure of speech in which words are used in a sense different from their literal meaning. The term trope derives from the Greek τρ?πο? - tropos turn, direction, way, related to the root of the verb τρ?πειν (trepein), to turn, to direct, to alter, to change. T