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A trope is a storytelling device or convention, a shortcut for describing situations the storyteller can reasonably assume the audience will recognize. Tropes are the means by which a story is told by anyone who has a story to tell.

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Merriam-Webster gives a definition of "trope" as a "figure of speech." In storytelling, a trope is just that — a conceptual figure of speech, a storytelling shorthand for a concept that the audience will recognize and understand instantly. Above all, a trope is a convention.

People in the world you are looking to for entertainment.. It is, the beings that do the actions being narrated by the narrative. Basically one of the most super of tropes in all of fiction. Unless you're writing some sort of abstract poem, it's pretty much impossible to tell a story without characters.. Compare Conflict and Plots.

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Silent film established most of the basic Camera Tricks, and is the home to many a Discredited Trope and Dead Horse Trope, but at the same time many a Trope Maker or Trope Codifier. See also Actors , Directors , Academy Award , and Made-for-TV Movie .

For tropes, see Series Tropes and Live-Action TV Tropes. See also Anime, Seasons, and Trope Overdosed.

Tropes and trope categories about setting up, fleshing out, and tearing down characters. Compare Characters and Characters and Casting (how characters are affected by being played by actors). Contrast Characters as Device (roles that characters can be shoved into for plot reasons).