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'Let me give you a hand'. Here hand is an instance of............

Asimile

Bmetaphor

Cmetonymy

Dhyperbole

Answer:

C. metonymy

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"Let me give you a hand." Here, "hand" is an instance of metonymy.

In this case, "hand" is used to represent help or assistance. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. Instead of saying "Let me give you help," the word "hand" is used to stand in for the concept of helping.


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