Schemes and Tropes Extra Credit
Schemes & Tropes Extra Credit Name_________________________________ Class Period_____ Date____________________ For each of the figures of speech below, explain in your own words how each passage fits the definition of the scheme or trope it is identified with. Do not simply restate the definition of the term, but apply the definition to the particular selection. (One point each) Example: Simile: ?I, like an usurp'd town, to another due /Labour to admit you, but O, to no end.? In these lines, the narrator (?I?) explicitly compares himself to a ?usurp'd town? by using the preposition ?like.?