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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 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.


What meaning of sinekdoke?

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa. It is a form of metonymy where a specific attribute or characteristic is used to refer to the whole object or concept.


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.


Which best explains the term synecdoche?

A figure of speech that refers to a whole by its part


What part of speech is braggadocio?

Noun--however, many words have several possible parts of speech; please submit the Whole Sentence when asking for part of speech--cannot be sure without seeing how it is used in the sentence, as that's what determines the part of speech.


What part of speech is figure?

A part of speech -- there are eight -- defines the classification of a word.For example, run is a verb, house is a noun and so forth.A figure of speech is a phrase used for emphasis which is not real.For example, 'you eat like a horse' doesn't mean that the person eats standing on all fours with chin in trough munching on oats. That figure of speech means that the person consumes more than average amounts of food.So a figure of speech is not a part of speech in the sense implied by your question.Another answer:'Figure of speech' is a noun phrase.


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A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used. For example- your mum is the best, most amazing, fantastic cook in the whole world.


Which figure of speech is used in the sentence -to get wretched place off your hands?

The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".


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What is figure of speech used The silence is deafening?

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What part of speech is the word my-?

The part of speech that the word my is used as is an adjective.