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  2. Metonymy - Wikipedia

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    The treatise Rhetorica ad Herennium states metonymy as, "the figure which draws from an object closely akin or associated an expression suggesting the object meant, but not called by its own name." [ 32 ] The author describes the process of metonymy to us saying that we first figure out what a word means.

  3. Semantic network - Wikipedia

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    The effect of priming on a semantic network linking can be seen through the speed of the reaction time to the word. Priming can help to reveal the structure of a semantic network and which words are most closely associated with the original word. Disruption of a semantic network can lead to a semantic deficit, not the same as semantic dementia.

  4. Atonement - Wikipedia

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    Atonement "is closely associated to forgiveness, reconciliation, sorrow, remorse, repentance, reparation, and guilt". [1] It can be seen as a necessary step on a path to redemption. [2] Expiation is the related concept of removing guilt, particularly the undoing of sin or other transgressions in religious contexts.

  5. Glossary of spirituality terms - Wikipedia

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    Iconolatry: (from the two Greek terms eikon denoting simply a picture or image, and latreia to adore or worship) Icon in Greek simply denotes a picture but has now come to be closely associated with religious art used by the Eastern Orthodox and the Catholic Churches. Icons are used by Eastern Orthodox Churches to assist in prayer and worship ...

  6. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Anaphora – a succession of sentences beginning with the same word or group of words. Anastrophe – inversion of the natural word order. Anecdote – a brief narrative describing an interesting or amusing event. Antanaclasis – a figure of speech involving a pun, consisting of the repeated use of the same word, each time with different meanings.

  7. Calligram - Wikipedia

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    The image created by the words illustrates the text by expressing visually what it says, or something closely associated; it can also, on purpose, show something contradictory with the text or otherwise be misleading, or can contribute additional thoughts and meanings to the text.

  8. “Meet the Parents ”to expand the circle of trust with a ...

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    The woes of Greg Focker aren't over just yet. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, and Blythe Danner are in early talks to return for a fourth Meet the Parents movie, nearly 15 years after they ...

  9. Vertical integration - Wikipedia

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    Vertical integration is often closely associated with vertical expansion which, in economics, is the growth of a business enterprise through the acquisition of companies that produce the intermediate goods needed by the business or help market and distribute its product.