Metonymy is the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it, such as describing someone's clothing to characterize the individual.
For example: "suits" instead of "businessmen"
"The pen is mightier than the sword," -Edward Bulwer Lytton (The pen stands for the written word.)
"Her voice is full of money."
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"Fear gives wings."
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"Detroit is still hard at work on an SUV that runs on rain forest trees and panda blood."
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ReplyDelete"I went to visit the Golden Arches."
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As he swung toward them holding up the hand
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The life from spilling.
- Out, Out by Robert Frost