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Metonymy
I just had this question in school. It is false, Synecdoche is not a type of irony.
synesthesia
"Like a Virgin" is an example of synecdoche in song lyrics. The song was released in the 1980s by Madonna.
At times, the difference between poetry and prose is indistinct. However, prose is generally constructed in sentences and poetry is constructed in stanzas.
It explicitly compares things using phrases such as similar to or as if. -apex
Synecdoche is a type of metonymy
A statue in a garden feels different from a statue in a museum. (APEX)
A figure of speech that refers to a whole by its part
The school adopted a new policy
It compares the experience of one sense to another sense
abstract concepts and natural phenomena are represented by gods.
Examples of metaphors using concrete and abstract nouns:
- Her pride was a panther crouched to pounce.
- You're on the first rung on the ladder of success.
- Their reasoning is full of holes.
- The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars... (William Shakespeare)
an image's context can affect the way the reader feels about it.
the allusion will seem ironic or absurd
Words' connotations affect the reader's overall understanding of the writing.
an image may make the reader think....
Most people in a nation feel patriotic when they see their flag.
Word choice is important in both poetry and prose, but in poetry, each word stands out and should be the "best word" possible. The order of those words plays an important part too!
