# Classification (literature)

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**Classification** is a [figure of speech](/source/Figure_of_speech) linking a [proper noun](/source/Proper_noun) to a [common noun](/source/Common_noun) using *the* or other articles.[1]

## Example

- "**Finland**, the **land** of a thousand lakes."

- "**Japan**, the **land** of the rising sun."

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Robert E. Owens, "Language Development", 7th Edition, Content Technologies (2012).

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