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Figures of speech used in literature

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A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Metonomy (unlike metaphor) uses figurative expressions that are closely associated with the subject in terms of place, time or background. The figurative expression is not a physical part of the ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

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