Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0622 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Synecdoche
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The idea
The glossary defines synecdoche as the use of a part to represent a whole, giving lend me a hand. It is the one figure in this group the glossary does not call a kind of metaphor. Part for whole is the test, and it is narrower than metonymy.
In practice
A part standing for the whole.
Where people slip
Narrower than metonymy; check the part.
Your place on the trail
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