Even the formal diction is militarized, literary tropes and all.

She points out the literary tropes in the plays: for example, Shakespeare likes to "twin" scenes, but with each scene having a different outcome.

The entire account may in fact be a version of a literary trope used in royal biographical writing.

Although rare in modern investigations they have become a literary trope in popular culture.

A literary trope is the use of figurative language.

The use of war as metaphor is a longstanding literary and rhetorical trope.

There are many literary tropes that occur in fantasy fiction.

But as a literary trope, the boyfriend worked well.

The tale includes supernatural features and common literary tropes.

This literary trope is characteristic of many late 20th century Western works of metafiction.