Metonymy and Synecdoche

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                                               ~   METONYMY AND SYNECDOCHE  ~



A ] DEFINITION 0F METONYMY


Metonymy is Figure of speech that replaces the name of thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.


EXAMPLE OF METONYMY


1.The  pen stands in for the written word.

2.The  sword stands in for military aggression and force.

3.Cup for a mug

4.The  library for the staff or the book.

5.Eyes for sight

6.Hand for help


FUNCTION OF METONYMY


Generally, metonymy is used in developing literary symbolism.It gives more profound meanings the otherwise common ideas and object.


B ] DEFINISI OF SYNECDOCHE


Snyecdote is a literary device in which a part of something represent the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part.


EXAMPLE OF SYNECDOT


1.The word bread refers to food or money as in writing is my bread and butter or sole breadwinner

2.The phrase gray beard refers to an old man

3.The word suits refers to businessmen

4.The  word boots usually refers to soldiers

5.The word glasses refers to spectacles

6.cop pers often refers to coins


FUNCTION OF SYNECDOCHE


By using synecdoche, the writers give otherwise common idea and object deeper meaning and thus draw readersattention.Furthermore, the use of synecdoche help writers to achieve brevity. Like any other literary device , synecdoche when used appropriately adds a distinct color to words making them appear vivid.


DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SYNECDOCHE AND METONYMY


Synecdoce examples are often misidentified as metonmy .both may resemble each other to some extant but they are not the same.synecdoche refers to the whole of a thing by the name of any one of parts.for example, calling a car wheels is a synecdoche because a part of car wheels stands for the whole car.

However in metonymy the word we used to describe another thing,but is not necessarily a part of it. For example crown that refers to power or authority is a metonymy used to replace the word king or queen.


REFFERENCE

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