re to be the subjects. _Example._--"O, my people, they
which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths."--Isa.
3:12,--expressive of the manner in which they were misled by their rulers
and kept from the truth.

37. A METONYMY is a reversion, or the use of a noun to express that with
which it is intimately connected, instead of using the term which would
literally express the idea. Thus the cause is used for the effect, the
effect for the cause, the thing containing for that which is contained in
it, &c. _Example._--"Ye have eaten up the _vineyard_." Isa. 3:14--meaning
the fruit of the vineyard.

38. A SYNECDOCHE is the use of a word expressive of a part, to signify the
whole; or that expressive of the whole, to denote only a part--as the genus
for the species, or the species for the genus, &c. _Example._--"_Man_ dieth
and wasteth away; yea _man_ giveth up the ghost, and where is he?" Job
14:10.

39. A HYPERBOLE is an exaggeration in which more is expressed than is
intended to be understood. _Example._--"I suppose that even the world
itself could not contain the books that should be written." John
21:25--meaning that a great number might be written.

40. IRONY is the utterance of pointed remarks, contrary to the actual
thoughts of the speaker or writer--not to deceive, but to add force to the
remark. _Examples._--"No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die
with you." Job 12:2.

"And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
aloud: for he _is_ a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he
is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked." 1 Kings
18:27.

41. THE INTERROGATION--while its legitimate use is to ask a question--is
also used to affirm or deny with great emphasis. Affirmative
interrogations usually have _no_ or _not_ in connection with the verb.
_Example._--"Is _not_ God in the height of the heavens?" Job 22:12.
_Examples of a negative._--"Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one
day? or shall a nation be born at once?" Isa. 66:8. "Can the rush grow up
without mire?" Job 8:11.

42. EXCLAMATIONS are digressions from the order of a discourse or writing,
to give expression to the emotions of the speaker, or writer.
_Example._--"O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and
be at rest!" Psa. 55:6.

43. FABLES are fictions--additions to the word of GOD. All false theories
and doctrines supposed to be based on the