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=   SOMETHING PHYSICAL THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

• the American flag
• hot apple pie
  
    
  
  

1. Names (e.g. Zaroff)

2. Objects (train junction)

CAUTIONS

• story must furnish a clue (e.g. through repetition)

• meaning must be supported by context
  
  

• must suggest a meaning different from its literal meaning

• may have more than one meaning

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