{{Dictdef|date=May 2010}} {{refimprove|date=February 2017}} '''Classification''' is a [[figure of speech]] linking a [[proper noun]] to a [[common noun]] using ''the'' or other articles.<ref>Robert E. Owens, "Language Development", 7th Edition, Content Technologies (2012).</ref>
== Example == * "'''Finland''', the '''land''' of a thousand lakes." * "'''Japan''', the '''land''' of the rising sun."
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