Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 1 AIL 0035 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Terms Most Often Confused
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The idea
Metaphor and simile differ by the word like. Metonymy names a thing by something associated with it, while synecdoche names it by a part. Irony is a gap between what is said and what is meant, and sarcasm is one unkind form of it.
In practice
Part for whole is synecdoche.
Where people slip
Sarcasm is a kind of irony.
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