Trope (from Greek τροπή - tropē, "a turn, a change") may refer to: Trope (linguistics), a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words Trope (literature) or Literary trope, a common theme used in storytelling. Trope (philosophy) Trope (music) Medieval music 20th century music Trope (Cantillation), sometimes trop ((Yiddish טראָפ), the notation for accentuation and musical reading of the Bible in Ju… (More on Trope)