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When a part is used to represent the whole?

It is a figure of speech known as a synechdoche. For example, you might say "wheels" to mean a car or "bread" to represent food of all sorts.


What is the device in Lord of the Flies?

there are many devices synechdoche zeugma etc


What is the figure of speech used in this sentence- The rancher hired three new hands to help with the branding of the cattle?

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.


What rhetorical device did Thomas Paine not use in the crisis?

He uses some parallelism, metonymy/synechdoche and anaphora.


What is the song at the start of Synechdoche NY that a little girl is singing about Schenectady NY?

Little Person by Jon Brion


How do you pronounce synechdoche?

The word "synecdoche" is pronounced "sin-eck-doe-key."


Is dumb as a box of rocks an example of a synecdoche?

No, it's a simile. An example of a synechdoche would be "All hands on deck," except in those rare cases when one is playing bridge on the deck of a ship and you want everyone to put all of their cards down.


What is the shortest meaning for synechdoche?

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole, or vice versa. For example, referring to a car as "wheels" or saying "all hands on deck" to mean all crew members. It highlights a relationship between the part and the whole, emphasizing aspects of the subject.


What is an expression in which a part stands for a whole in literature?

Synechdoche is the use of selecting a part to represent a whole. For example, Howard asked for Jane's hand in marriage means that Howard wanted permission to marry Jane; here, her hand represents her entire self.When Shakespeare writes, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears," he means, "Give me your entire attention."


What type of figurative language is used in Holy Sonnet 10?

"thou contracted to thine own bright eyes" is a synechdoche.


What concrete words stand for abstractions?

Metaphors (and similar figures of speech like synechdoche) are concrete images which convey an abstract idea. E.g. "The country suffered under the mailed fist of Ghaddafi's rule."


What the definition for the word Synecdoche?

A synechdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.For example: "Roosevelt declared war on Japan in 1941."Roosevelt stands in place of "the United States" as in public view, both equally represent each other.