ENGLISH LITERATURE

Grade 9
 SYNECDOCHE (SI-NEK-DUH-KEE)

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which

a word or phrase that refers to a part of
something is substituted to stand in for
the whole, or vice versa.
 A S Y N E C D O C H E M AY U S E PA RT O F
S O M E T H I N G TO R E P R E S E N T T H E W H O L E .
I T ' S AC T UA L LY V E RY C O M M O N I N T H E We went sailing.
E N G L I S H L A N G UAG E F O R PA RT O F
SOMETHING REFERENCE THE WHOLE.
 THERE ARE 15
Example HEADS RIDING
THE BUS.
 A WHOLE TO Example: Smile and
REPRESENT A PART the world will smile
at you.
 Example: Some
A SPECIFIC CLASS TO
people refer to
REPRESENT A WHOLE
any variety of cola
as "Coke".
 EXAMPLES

all hands-on deck

- is a demand for all the crew to help, yet the word “hands”—just a part of the
crew—stands in for the whole crew.
Ask for her hand
- Ask her to marry you
check out my new wheels
- Refers to a new car
 METONYMY

replaces the name of a thing with the

name of something else with which it is
closely associated.
 EXAMPLE

The pen is mightier than the sword.

- Pen refers to written words, and sword to military force.
We will swear loyalty to the crown.
- Crown means the queen or king.
My dear, you have all my heart.
- Heart means love
Tell me what happened, I’m all ears.
- Ears means I am listening.
 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

I couldn't understand them because they spoke in their mother tongue.

The sentence is an example of?

SYNECDOCHE METONYMY
 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

The Resorts fee is 300 per head.

The sentence is an example of?

SYNECDOCHE METONYMY
 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." Julius Ceasar, William

Shakespeare

SYNECDOCHE METONYMY