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#19 Association

Book Definition:

Using an idea or concept related to your main purposes and uses a part of it to stand for a whole (also called synecdoche); in multimodal text, a multimodal element can act as a simile for the whole text's purpose.

My Definition:

Using a related theme or object to represent your primary purpose in your design. 

Example:

 


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