LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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a figurative story
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a story by animal characters
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a figure of speech stands for whole thing
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Detailed explanation-1: -synecdoche, figure of speech in which a part represents the whole, as in the expression “hired hands” for workmen or, less commonly, the whole represents a part, as in the use of the word “society” to mean high society.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is the meaning of synecdoche? Synecdoche is a rhetorical device which makes use of a term that refers to a part of something to substitute for the whole thing.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is Synecdoche? Synecdoche (pronounced sin-nek-duh-kee) is a literary term that uses a part of something to represent a whole or a whole to represent a part.
Detailed explanation-4: -Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which, most often, a part of something is used to refer to its whole. For example, “The captain commands one hundred sails” is a synecdoche that uses “sails” to refer to ships-ships being the thing of which a sail is a part.
Detailed explanation-5: -The two main types of synecdoche are microcosm and macrocosm. A microcosm uses a part of something to refer to the entirety. An example of this is saying “I need a hand” with a project, but needing the entire person.