Yup, the rancher did indeed.
synecdoche
A synechdoche is used in this sentence. A synechdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
It can be (as in hired hands). Hired is the past tense and past participle of to hire, and is normally used as a verb.
They are known as mercenaries.
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When I got a job at Walmart I was hired as the manager's assistant.
a synecdoche
a Synecdoche
a Synecdoche
Synecdoche is the literary device used in the sentence The rancher hired three new hands to help with the branding of the cattle. A synecdoche is when a term is used to refer to something by another name.
the rancher hires 3 people.one hand = one person!There for he hires three people.
The literary device used in this sentence is personification, as it attributes human-like qualities to the cattle by suggesting they are being branded as if they were human.
Depending on the amount of hired hands on the ranch, it is mostly the hired hands' job to look after the cattle, but the rancher himself is also responsible for most of the responsibilities that comes with the ranch including the cattle and the rangeland the cattle are being raised on. Some ranches are only run by the rancher and his wife, so the responsibilities of looking after the cattle fall on these two person's shoulders.
A synechdoche is used in this sentence. A synechdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
Cowboy is outdated. If the person ownes the cattle, he is a rancher If he is just hired, cow hand or stockman
Farmer, rancher, cowboy/cowgirl, cattle producer, hired hand, etc.
In the colonial days, this was a person hired to herd the cattle to and from the "commons". The commons essentially was a community pasture that was too small for the increasing population of cattle in the conolial settlements, and so cattle were hered to graze outside of the colony during the day and come in at night. Nowadays, a cattle keeper is either called a cowhand, cowboy, rancher, farmer or cattle producer.
hired is a verb, the past tense of hire.We hired a trailer last weekend.Hired is also an adjective.He was a hired hand on a cattle station.