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'''Synecdoche''' (sə-nek-də-kē; from the Greek synekdoche which translates to "simultaneous understanding"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synecdoche</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. | '''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. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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<ref> [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synecdoche/ | <ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synecdoche/ Merriam-Webster Word Origin] </ref> | ||
* <ref name=Ref2>[http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/JC_3_2.html#speech30/ ''Julius Caesar''] </ref> | * <ref name=Ref2>[http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/JC_3_2.html#speech30/ ''Julius Caesar''] </ref> | ||
* <ref name=Ref3>[http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-syn1.htm/ ''World Wide Words''] </ref> | * <ref name=Ref3>[http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-syn1.htm/ ''World Wide Words''] </ref> | ||