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=== Similarities ===
=== Similarities ===


"Every metonymy is a synecdoche, but not every synecdoche is a metonymy. This rule is true because a metonymy must not only be a part of the root word, making a synecdoche, but also be a unique attribute of or associated with the root word" (Modugno)
"Every metonymy is a synecdoche, but not every synecdoche is a metonymy. This rule is true because a metonymy must not only be a part of the root word, making a synecdoche, but also be a unique attribute of or associated with the root word" (Modugno).<ref name=Ref7/>


The White House, the Kremlin, and Downing Street can be used to represent the governments of the United States of America, Russia, and Great Britain, respectively.
The White House, the Kremlin, and Downing Street can be used to represent the governments of the United States of America, Russia, and Great Britain, respectively.
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* <ref name=Ref5>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/10.2307/2919247.pdf?acceptTC=true/ The Evolution of Figures of Speech] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref5>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/10.2307/2919247.pdf?acceptTC=true/ The Evolution of Figures of Speech] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref6>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/10.2307/456138.pdf/ A Grouping of Figures of Speech] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref6>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/10.2307/456138.pdf/ A Grouping of Figures of Speech] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref7>[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>
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