a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event...

what is a synecdoche?

“I said, ‘Who killed him?’ and he said ‘I don’t know who killed him, but he’s dead all right,’ and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water.”

Speech or way of talking that makes a comparison between 2 things that are SEEMINGLY dissimilar. Indirectly done.

Something that represents something else by resembling it, or association with it, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

"To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us." (Hillary Clinton)

"At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend, or a parent." (First Lady Barbara Bush)