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'''Synecdoche''' (sə-nek-də-kē"<ref name=Ref1/>); from the Greek synekdoche which translates to "simultaneous comprehension"<ref name=Ref2/> is a literary device that utilizes a part of an object or the entire object 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 smaller ones or vice versa. | '''Synecdoche''' (sə-nek-də-kē"<ref name=Ref1/>); from the Greek synekdoche which translates to "simultaneous comprehension"<ref name=Ref2/> is a literary device that utilizes a part of an object or the entire object 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 smaller ones or vice versa. | ||
For instance, an object can be identified by the material it is made with or by the material it is packaged in. (Mulvey 165).<ref name= | For instance, an object can be identified by the material it is made with or by the material it is packaged in. (Mulvey 165).<ref name=Ref3/> | ||
== Relation to Metonymy == | == Relation to Metonymy == | ||
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* <ref name=Ref1>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synecdoche/ ''Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition''] </ref>) | * <ref name=Ref1>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synecdoche/ ''Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition''] </ref>) | ||
* <ref name=Ref2> [http://books.google.com/books?id=PY6tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=synecdoche+simultaneous&source=bl&ots=n7feDT_Ze_&sig=IjuXQfGNDrDro5I0HmImQo-Q9OU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sY1aVOWAKcOXNpKDgqAB&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=synecdoche%20simultaneous&f=false/ Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry] </ref> | * <ref name=Ref2> [http://books.google.com/books?id=PY6tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=synecdoche+simultaneous&source=bl&ots=n7feDT_Ze_&sig=IjuXQfGNDrDro5I0HmImQo-Q9OU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sY1aVOWAKcOXNpKDgqAB&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=synecdoche%20simultaneous&f=false/ Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry] </ref> | ||
* <ref name=Ref3> [http://books.google.com/books?id=1abNK-Ikq9kC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&ots=ZT64DBu2MH&focus=viewport&dq=synecdoche+can+be+the+material.something+is+made+out+of&output=html_text/ Write On] </ref> | |||
* <ref name=Ref3>[http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/JC_3_2.html#speech30/ ''Julius Caesar''] </ref> | * <ref name=Ref3>[http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/JC_3_2.html#speech30/ ''Julius Caesar''] </ref> | ||
* <ref name=Ref4>[http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.mga.edu/stable/pdfplus/1772425.pdf?acceptTC=true/ Metonymy] </ref> | * <ref name=Ref4>[http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.mga.edu/stable/pdfplus/1772425.pdf?acceptTC=true/ Metonymy] </ref> | ||
* <ref name=Ref5>[http://books.google.com/books?id=AfVzzLknnNsC&pg=PA9&dq=synecdoche&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ubBSVPrzIomOoQS_voHwDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=synecdoche&f=false/ William Shakespeare's Othello] </ref> | * <ref name=Ref5>[http://books.google.com/books?id=AfVzzLknnNsC&pg=PA9&dq=synecdoche&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ubBSVPrzIomOoQS_voHwDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=synecdoche&f=false/ William Shakespeare's Othello] </ref> | ||