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Yes TVTropes is a fun site. But they tend to lump a lot of literary terms together and this is part of my confusion.
Let me re-state the problem:
I have joined a book club. As part of my bit of the discussion I would like to report the Plot & Character tropes in this weeks book. I need a score-card of perhaps 15-20 most common tropes I can use to tick off when reading a book to force me to think more critically about a book.
And the other theory/hope/idea:
All books include Tropes like all houses include foundations, framing, supports. Do I like my favorite books because of a pleasing mix of Tropes or do I like my favorite books because the author put layers and layers of plot, characters, ideas on top of a few Tropes?
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