The representation of metonymy in the letters of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) to the rulers, a rhetorical study

Abstract

Metaphor is one of the main and important rhetorical methods, as the narrator uses it and resorts to it and makes it one of his means, and an important tool for excitement and self-motivation in the direction that achieves the desired goal for its user and achieves his goal. The desired goal of his text. This use of metonymy was due to the word's reduction, expansion, and references it contains. It has many meanings, and this is evident through defining metonymy and knowing its definition and the linguistic meanings and expressive ability it contains. This is why the messages of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) were. It is full of multiple nicknames; In order to benefit from the emotional space it provides. In its meaning, the speaker wants to prove one of the meanings, so he does not mention it with the wording assigned to it in the language, but comes to a meaning that is next to it and a parallel to it in existence, and points it to him and makes it evidence of it. That is, this intended meaning is a mirror reflecting the meaning that was placed at the origin of the language, and this reflection in The meaning is determined by the combination of the original meaning and the borrowed meaning. Because if the word was used, it was the original purpose Other than its meaning, it is possible that either its meaning is also intended to be indicative of this original purpose, or it is not, as the first is a metaphor and the second is a metaphor.