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Tropes and Schemes

Tropes and Schemes. EPISODE II The Schempire Tropes Back. TROPES. Connect-oche !. Synecdoche. “sin-ECK-duh-key”. __________________________________________________________________________ I’ve got a great new set of wheels . It’s all about the Benjamins , baby.

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Tropes and Schemes

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  1. Tropes and Schemes EPISODE II The Schempire Tropes Back

  2. TROPES

  3. Connect-oche! Synecdoche “sin-ECK-duh-key” • __________________________________________________________________________ • I’ve got a great new set of wheels. • It’s all about the Benjamins, baby. • Or, represents a “__________” by naming its “_________.” • You will feel the sting of my steel. • Swords are made of steel. • Grab some pine, rookie. • The bench is made of pine. • Hooray for the red, white, and blue!

  4. Metonymy • ___________________________________________________________ • “Robin Hood is a traitor to the crown!” • Really a traitor to the king, but the crown is related, reminiscent, and representative of him. • The White House gave no comment. • The suits have no clue how to run the team. • Suits are related to the executives who wear them, and also help make an implicit argument: • They’re defined by their suits, which set them apart from those who might know how to run the team better (players, managers, fans, etc.) • Much ink has been spilled over the unprecedented success of The Avengers. • The spilling of ink is related to writing, which is what really happened in response to The Avengers—a lot of writing about the film’s success.

  5. SCHEMES

  6. Asyndeton • …that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. —Abraham Lincoln • The boy wishes to learn to skate; to coast, to catch a fish in the brook… —Ralph Waldo Emerson • We chose half-timbered houses, houses with columns, houses with sculpted bushes in front.—Tobias Wolff • a- = “no” syn- = “together” • _____________________________________ • Emphasizes _________________________

  7. Polysyndeton • Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! • In life, we ask TiVo or the Web or the Cheesecake Factory to indulge our slightest whims. —James Poniewozik • poly-= “many” syn- = “together” • ___________________________________ • Emphasizes _________________________ _____________________________________

  8. Anadiplosis • Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering! —Master Yoda • Literally: “doubling up” • ________________________________________________________________________________ • …we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint… —Romans 5:4-5 • The wizard also gave each of them CHEEZ-ITs, special CHEEZ-ITs that let them read minds. What else is this?

  9. Chiasmus • I appreciate Junior Mints, but CHEEZ-ITs I adore. • The Batarangwas rusty, and rusty, too, were the handsthat carried it. • Dark was her silhouette, and her horse beautiful. • What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and movinghow express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! • ________________________________________________________________

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