Greek for “change of name”
 A figure of speech in which an object is
not called by its own name, but a word
closely associated with it
 Its rhetorical purpose is to add irony, wit,
and embellishments to the text as it refers
to an object indirectly
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“He loves the bottle” – A man does not
necessarily love the glass bottle, but the
content in it, alcohol.
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“The suits on Wall Street walked off with
most of our savings” – the suits represent
the businessmen of Wall Street
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“Plastic” represents credit cards or
superficiality
“The pen is mightier than the sword”
Words are superior to combat. “Pen” is
used to represent words, and “Sword” is
used to represent battle/violence.
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Greek for “accepting a part as
responsible for the whole, or vice versa.”
 A figure a speech in which a PART of an
object describes the whole, or the whole
describes a part of something.
 Rhetorically, it can be used to emphasize
certain characteristics of characters, or
to quickly identify something
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Using the word “Wheels” when talking
about a vehicle. Wheels are only a PART
of the vehicle, but it is understood that
the whole car is being referenced
A rancher says he has “200 head of
cattle”
 It is understood that “head” refers to the
whole animal.
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“Give me a hand with building this
house.”
 You do not really want only the person’s
hand to help you; you want their whole
body. It is understood that the PART of
the body, the hand, represents the
whole body.
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Synecdoche is also being used when
one substitutes a WHOLE for a part.
 For example, in the Olympics, when it is
said that the US has won a gold medal,
what is really meant is that a small part
(an individual or a team) has won a
medal. In this case, the WHOLE (of the
US) is used to represent the PART (the
individual or group) who won.
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METONYMY AND
SYNECDOCHE VIDEOS
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