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'''Synecdoche''' (sə-nek-də-kē; from the Greek synekdoche which translates to "simultaneous understanding"<ref name=Ref1/>) 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=Ref2/>
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=Ref2/>


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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://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=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=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>
* <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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