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'''Synecdoche''' (sə-nek-də-kē"<ref name=Ref1/>), which is derived from the Greek synekdoche and translated 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/>), which is derived from the Greek synekdoche and translated 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 | 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 == | ||