Metonymy

A recognisable or inherent aspect of a thing used to represent the thing itself, for example a businessman being referred to as a ‘suit’, the monarchy as the Crown, or newspapers collectively as the Press. nemesis The embodiment of a punishment often presented as an antagonist or enemy.

A more extensive list of literary terms, with quotations from fiction and non-fiction sources showing the terms in use, is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021) 

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