definition
This is a type of rhetorical device where a phrase replaces something that it represents.
What is metonymy?
True or false: "Hey freckles!" is an example of metonymy.
False
True or false: Metonymy is used to add emphasis on an object.
True
True or false: It is impossible to remember what metonymy means.
False
The cold read that had examples of metonymy in it.
What is "Out Out" by Robert Frost?
True or false: A common form of metonymy uses a place to stand in for an institution, industry, or person.
True
In the expression "from the cradle to the grave," the cradle and the grave represent this, respectively.
What is birth and death?
Authors can use metonymy to make their writing sound more...
Poetic
The two ideas listed in the presentation for how to remember what metonymy is.
What is logic and the McDonald's logo?
In Peter Pan, this is what Mr. Smee says that is an example of metonymy.
What is "all hands on deck?"
This is the definition of metonymy.
What is a literary device where one representative term stands in for something else?
In Taylor Swift's "Our Song," the phrase "our song" is used to represent this.
What is the relationship between the two people?
The use of metonymy adds a sense of this in the author's writing.
What is complexity and mystery?
The meaning of the prefix -meta.
What is change?
This is the example and explanation of metonymy from the following quote: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”
What is ears, and ears represent attention?
This is the difference between a metaphor and a metonymy.
What is the comparison of two different ideas versus the comparison of two related ideas?
This is an example of metonymy when the name for a specific place represents a whole industry.
What is Hollywood or the White House or Silicon Valley?
Metonymy expresses this through a concrete object.
What is an abstract concept?
The M in metonymy could be related to this iconic logo.
What is the golden arches?
This is the metonymy used to represent both piano keys and race relations in Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's song.
What is ebony and ivory?
This is the difference between synecdoche and metonymy.
What is when an object stands in for a whole versus when an object stands in for a related idea?
Come up with an example of metonymy.
Answers will vary.
Metonymy is used to symbolize this aspect of life.
What is the complicated and non-literal aspect of life?
If the prefix -meto means "change," then it's logical to assume that -onymy means this.
What is word(s) or name(s)?
This is the source for the quote, "the pen is mightier than the sword."
What is Edward Bulwer Lytton, Richelieu?