Copy Links Onto Other Elements?

If you have a div with a link and other elements, such as an article snippet, is it possible to use JavaScript to copy that link onto one of the adjacent elements (one that a user might be expected to try to click, such as a heading or a thumbnail image, based on their experience of other sites) so that I can avoid duplicating the link in the HTML?

I'm trying a jQuery plugin called Biggerlink, but it adds the link to the entire parent div, white space and all, which is not what I want. And if I could do without jQuery, that would be good.

I want to avoid having multiple links to the same location so that lists of links are, I hope, kept short and clear, while at the same time catering for people (and I do it, too) who expect snippet headings to be clickable.