Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0621 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Metonymy
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The idea
The glossary defines metonymy as a form of metaphor in which a phrase is understood to represent something more, giving sabre rattling to mean threatening war. The substituted term is associated with the thing rather than resembling it, and that is what separates it from metaphor proper.
In practice
Association, not resemblance.
Where people slip
Related to the thing, not like it.
Your place on the trail
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