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a figure of speech in which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts.
Example: "All hands on deck!" |
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a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.
Example: references to Poe's "Annabel Lee" (e.g. the name "Annabel Leigh") in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita |
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a narrative folk song. Example: "Barbary Allen" |
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the association that comes along with a particular word. Example: "heart" can connote feelings of love or passion. |
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the exact meaning of a word. Example" "heart" is an organ that pumps blood throughout the body. |
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