Synecdoche: Difference between revisions

'''Synecdoche''' (sə-nek-də-kē; from the Greek synekdoche which translates to "simultaneous understanding"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synecdoche/ "Merriam-Webster Word Origin" </ref>) is a literary device that utilizes a part of an object or the entire object is used to represent some part of the whole object. This trope can function in many ways as a literary device. It can allow larger groups to represent a smaller one or vice versa. It can also refer to a thing by the material it is made of or the packaging it is contained in.