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Difficulty: HardLiterary Devices and Figurative Language

Read the literary excerpt below and complete the statement by identifying the correct figure of speech.

Answer:In the passage, 'The press was barred from reporting the tribunal proceedings, while the bench deliberated in secrecy,' the terms 'the press' and 'the bench' illustrate the figure of speech known as 【metonymy】.

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metonymy
The correct answer is metonymy because the excerpt substitutes terms closely associated with journalists ('the press') and judges ('the bench') to represent the people and institutions themselves.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the figurative substitutions used in the excerpt.
Identify that 'the press' represents news reporters/journalists and 'the bench' represents the judiciary/judges.
Neither term is an integral physical part of the entity described; rather, each is a closely related symbol or object representing the group or institution.
2
Identify the precise literary device defined by this associative substitution.
Determine that the figure of speech is metonymy.
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with that of another closely associated with it.

Key Concept

Metonymy in Context
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