Jane Austen Tropes Review

Time-tested methods of employing figurative language to enrich a written work (themes, symbols, literary devices, or characters)

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphors

• Tropes

• Cliché

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A plot device or theme used within a romance novel to give a notable starting point to the story that a reader can recognize

• Trope

• Romance Trope

• Mystery Trope

• Classic Literature Trope

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Three characters compete for each other's love but only two can be together

• Love Triangle

• Friends to Lovers

• Second Chance

• Soulmates

A billionaire in disguise falls in love with someone who treats them as normal

• Soulmates

• Enemies to Lovers

• Second Chance

• Secret Billionaire

Childhood friends refuse to admit their feelings but eventually do

• Enemies to Lovers

• Forbidden Love

• Friends to Lovers

• Soulmates

Two people who hate each other fall in love

• Enemies to Lovers

• Forbidden Love

• Friends to Lovers

• Soulmates

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Two people who aren't allowed to like each other fall in love

• Enemies to Lovers

• Forbidden Love

• Second Chance

• Soulmates

An ex-couple is reuinted, reminding them of their old love which turns into new love

• Enemies to Lovers

• Forbidden Love

• Second Chance

• Soulmates

Two characters who are meant to be together, "one true love"

• Love Triangle

• Forbidden Love

• Second Chance

• Soulmates

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What tropes does the following quote include: "Till now that she was threatened with its loss, Emma had never known how much of her happiness depended on being first with Mr. Knightley, first in interest and affection."

• Second Chance

• Soulmates

• Friends to Lovers

• Forbidden Love