SYNECDOCHE

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SYNECDOCHE
The Word “Synecdoche” is a Greek word
which means “Receiving Together”.

Because you receive the whole object by

referring to the part. You receive the part

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together with the whole.

Synecdoche is a figure of speech where a

part of an object refers to the whole subject.

ALSO
The Whole can refer to a part.
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 EXAMPLE #1
• I have three Mouths to Feed at Home.

Mouth is part of a Person.

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EXAMPLE #2
America is the Strongest Nation on the
Planet.

America is the whole continent, yet it

refers to the part that is the nation of the 3

United States.
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Example #3
• He Drives the most expensive Wheels in the
City.

Wheels are part of a car.

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Example #4
Get out of my Face

Face is part of the person (Me).

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Example #5
• I have 10 Minds working on

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the Solution.

Mind is a part of the person

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 Synecdochy vs. Metonymy
• Synecdoche examples are often misidentified as
metonymy.
• resemble one another to some extent, they are not the

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same..

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What is Metonymy anyway?

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Figure of Speech where an objects name is
replaced with another name that it is closely
connected with it.

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 Synecdochy vs. Metonymy
• Synecdoche examples are often misidentified as
metonymy.
• Resemble one another to some extent, they are not
the same..

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• Synecdoche refers to the whole of a thing by the
name of any one of its parts.
SYNECDOCHE Using the word METONYMY
“crown” to refer to
calling a car “wheels” is a power or authority is a the word used to describe a
synecdoche because a part of the metonymy, used to thing is closely linked to that
car, its “wheels,” stands for the replace the word “king” particular thing, but is not 8

whole car. or “queen.” necessarily a part of it.

 QUIZ:
1.It is a term for a figure of speech.
2.What are the Three Types of Allegory?
3.It is a Literary Device in which a part of something

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represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a
Part.
4.What are the Two Types of Caesura?
5.It is a Caesural Pause occurs often a non-stressed and short
syllable in a poetic line.

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 QUIZ:
6. It is a Caesural Pause occurs often a long or accented
syllable in a line.
7. It is a Pause in a line of Poetry that is formed by the

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rhythms of natural speech rather than by Metrics.
8. A Method of Sharing Ideas without using a single word.
9. What are the Three Types of Figurative Speech?
10. What is meant by the “Wheels” in the Synecdoche
Example?

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