METONYMY
AND SYNECDOCHE
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
Ø The
pen stands in for the written word.
Ø The
sword stands in for military aggression and force.
Ø Cup for a mug
Ø The library for
the staff or the book.
Ø Eyes for sight
Ø 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.
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
Ø The word bread refers to food or money as in writing is my bread and butter or sole breadwinner
Ø The phrase gray beard refers to an old man
Ø The word suits refers to businessmen
Ø The word boots usually refers to soldiers
Ø The word glasses refers to spectacles
Ø Coppers 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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