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| a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”. |
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| a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work. |
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| a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. |
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| a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
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| agreement in direction, tendency, or character; the state or condition of being parallel. |
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| the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. |
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| the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. |
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| the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character |
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| a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man. |
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| a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic |
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| quality or character of sound |
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| the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc. |
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