synecdoche & metonymy

8/19/2019 Synecdoche & Metonymy

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“Busy hands worked in the kitchen.”

“A dog not only has afur coat, but also pants.”

“The pen is mightier than the sword.”

Interactive Quiz created by Nancy Roberts Garrity at St. John Fisher School

NOT! "n order to play this game, it must be #iewed in slide show $%&'


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%igurati#e language is writing or speech not intended to be taken literally. Somecommonly used figures of speech are pun, synecdoche, and metonymy. You will see examples

of these in this exercise.

A pun is using a word or words that have more than one meaning. It is sometimes called “a play on words. Some examples are! “A bicycle can"t stand alone because it is two#tired and

“A chicken crossing a road is poultry in motion.

A synecdoche is a uni$ue type of metaphor that uses a part to represent or suggest thewhole. %or example in “&ur class brain always has all the correct answers, we identify the

smartest student in the class by using the word brain. 'his is a synecdoche because “brain

represents a part of the whole person.

A metonymy is a uni$ue type of metaphor in which something is named that replacessomething closely related to it. In metonymy, one thing is said when another thing is meant.

%or example in “(et"s take this problem to )ity *all, )ity *all refers to the people in the local

city government rather than the building itself.

compiled by Nancy (oberts )arrity


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Our social studies teacher said that

his globe means the world to him.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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"mmediately after the robbery, the

law arri#ed at the scene of the crime.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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"n came *rs. %e++iwig,

one #ast, substantial smile.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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et-s buy one hundred head of cattle.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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A watched pot ne#er boils.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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ir ancelot once had a #ery bad dream

about his horse. "t was a knight mare .

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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The soldiers displayed much

loyalty to our stars and stripes.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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Busy hands worked in the office.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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The principle part of a

horse is the mane, of course.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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The room was filled with smiling faces.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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/e said that he was working hard,

but he was hardly working.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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The 0hite /ouse announced that

the president would soon #isit 1apan.

pun

metonymy

synecdoche


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