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  2. Metonymy - Wikipedia

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    We then figure out that word's relationship with other words. We understand and then call the word by a name that it is associated with. "Perceived as such then metonymy will be a figure of speech in which there is a process of abstracting a relation of proximity between two words to the extent that one will be used in place of another."

  3. Picture superiority effect - Wikipedia

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    Allan Paivio's dual-coding theory is a basis of picture superiority effect. Paivio claims that pictures have advantages over words with regards to coding and retrieval of stored memory because pictures are coded more easily and can be retrieved from symbolic mode, while the dual coding process using words is more difficult for both coding and retrieval.

  4. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    In March 1911, the Syracuse Advertising Men's Club held a banquet to discuss journalism and publicity. This was reported in two articles. In an article in The Post-Standard covering this event, the author quoted Arthur Brisbane (not Tess Flanders as previously reported here and elsewhere) as saying: "Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words."

  5. 30 Stories Of People Finding Out Something Unexpected About ...

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    Image credits: rock-mommy #2. This happened back in June. I went to Europe with my family for two weeks. A friend of mine told me she’d watch my dogs and cat.

  6. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    It is better to be smarter than you appear than to appear smarter than you are; It is better to give than to receive; It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; It is better to cultivate a Land with two Bulls, rather working under Boss who never gives Wage when asked; It is better to light a candle than curse the ...

  7. How Quincy Jones Helped Michael Jackson Craft the Smash ... - AOL

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    Speaking to Rolling Stone in 2009, Jones admitted that creating a record with this goal required far more than just the two of them. “Michael didn’t create Thriller . It takes a team to make ...

  8. Her Son Died at 13 Years Old After Transplant Complications ...

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    It took multiple tries to figure out what would work for him. I could not breastfeed him because it was impacting his creatinine. ... "We were told this would be the thing that makes him better ...

  9. Double entendre - Wikipedia

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    Lodgings to Let, an 1814 engraving featuring a double entendre. He: "My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgins!" She: "No, sir, I am to be let alone".. A double entendre [note 1] (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that ...