Literary device

Classifying: Label the sentences below as metonymy (M), synecdoche (S), or neither (N).

The White House issued a press release today.

• Metonymy

• Synechdocy

• Neither

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The pyramid of Khufu, the Great Pyramid, loomed over the explorers.

• The pyramid

• Khufu

• The Great Pyramid

• loomed over the explorers

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Apple of the storm

• Small apple

• Big apple

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There may be some parts of my plan to arrest the thieves that should be changed. But I feel very strongly that renting the apartment over their headquarters is the linchpin of the scheme. We must do that immediately!

A "linchpin" is a...

• a computer designed for police work

• place where people live

• piece of metal used to connect things

• part that everything else depends on

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Identify the metonymy in the sentence: 'The press has reported the breaking news.'

• reported

• news

• press

• breaking

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What is the definition of metonymy?

• A figure of speech where a word or phrase is repeated for emphasis.

• A figure of speech where a word or phrase is substituted with an unrelated word or phrase.

• A figure of speech that replaces words with related or associated words

• A figure of speech where a word or phrase is used to describe a physical action.

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Successful companies are often led by great visionaries.

• people with a lot of money

• people with a lot of friends

• people with a lot of power

• people with a lot of imagination

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What is the difference between metonymy and synecdoche?

• Metonymy substitutes unrelated words, while synecdoche uses a part to represent the whole

• Metonymy substitutes closely associated words, while synecdoche uses a part to represent the whole or vice versa.

• Metonymy and synecdoche are the same thing

• Synecdoche substitutes closely associated words, while metonymy uses a part to represent the whole

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Figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.

Examples:

Referring to the President of the United States or their administration as “the White House” or “the Oval Office”

Referring to a member of the British royal family as “the Crown”

• Irony

• Metonymy

• Rhetorical Question

• Antithesis

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Using a word or phrase

that does not actually name an object,

but represents a part of it

or a related idea,

in order to reference the whole thing

is called

• metaphor

• metonymy

• symbol

• allusion

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