Does anyone know what a synecdoche is?

Do you know what a synecdoche is?

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[Mshprk]

finalrain

Mshprk

Part of the problem is that text doesn't transfer vocal inflection. I just meant to spur people to answer; I assumed some people out there were thinking about it, and I was giving the hints. You mentionedd being a great writer; a great writer would've conveyed that.

xd Cute, but no. A <i>great</i> writer communicates. You didn't communicate that you wanted us to <i>guess</i> the meaning of the word synecdoche, or try to figure it out based on hints you were going to string along. That doesn't mean you're not a great writer, it just means this thread isn't up to the level of your abilities.

I wasn't saying anything about my writing abilities! I just thought this was an appropriate place to post this. It's actually a follow-up to another post titled "What's your favorite synecdoche?", which was banished to the recycle bin. I was just wondering, after no one responded to the first post, if anyone even knew what it meant. When they didn't I thought it'd make a good game. Guess not.

[Poppy Cattington]

Mshprk

I wasn't saying anything about my writing abilities! I just thought this was an appropriate place to post this. It's actually a follow-up to another post titled "What's your favorite synecdoche?", which was banished to the recycle bin. I was just wondering, after no one responded to the first post, if anyone even knew what it meant. When they didn't I thought it'd make a good game. Guess not.

The Recycle Bin, eh? I'm sure there was a good reason for that... neutral

[Scarlet Jile]

The Lisa Faerie

A part of something that is used to represent a whole of something.

It sounds like my hometown, Schenectady!

I know where that is...

[Kain Odium]

Zacharra

The Lisa Faerie

A part of something that is used to represent a whole of something.

It sounds like my hometown, Schenectady!

I know where that is...

Isn't that in New York?

[The Lisa Faerie]

Kain Odium

Zacharra

The Lisa Faerie

A part of something that is used to represent a whole of something.

It sounds like my hometown, Schenectady!

I know where that is...

Isn't that in New York?

Yes. Yes it is.

[Captain Eleventyone]

A synechdote is, put simply, substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa. whee

Yay for English 101.

An obvious example is the use of "the Man" to refer to the government. Tell me if I'm wrong on that - it's what my teacher said. surprised

[Scarlet Jile]

The Lisa Faerie

Kain Odium

Zacharra

The Lisa Faerie

A part of something that is used to represent a whole of something.

It sounds like my hometown, Schenectady!

I know where that is...

Isn't that in New York?

Yes. Yes it is.

I drive through there occasionally.

[MuchoMaas]

Mshprk

MuchoMaas

syn?ec?do?che

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

The deck hand fought the law and pulled his steel. But johnny had his iron and popped a cap in him.

Dictionaries are cheating. You're no fun.

Hey, the internet is a great research tool. I thought the point would be to expose people to a technique or define a technique in common usage. I could have masked the fact that I got the definition from dictionary.com but I thought I'd focus on the example sentence.

[Mshprk]

Efiel

The Recycle Bin, eh? I'm sure there was a good reason for that... neutral

Yeah, they said I "already ran another thread about it", so I'm guessing that they thought this one came first. It was pretty sparse, reply-wise, too.

[Mshprk]

Pantaliamon

A synechdote is, put simply, substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa. whee

Yay for English 101.

An obvious example is the use of "the Man" to refer to the government. Tell me if I'm wrong on that - it's what my teacher said. surprised

According to the teacher I learned it from, yours is spot on.

[Mshprk]

MuchoMaas

Mshprk

MuchoMaas

syn?ec?do?che

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

The deck hand fought the law and pulled his steel. But johnny had his iron and popped a cap in him.

Dictionaries are cheating. You're no fun.

Hey, the internet is a great research tool. I thought the point would be to expose people to a technique or define a technique in common usage. I could have masked the fact that I got the definition from dictionary.com but I thought I'd focus on the example sentence.

I was being a little facetious, there. Your example sentence is an exemplary one.

[MarchinoCherry]

Mshprk

MuchoMaas

syn?ec?do?che

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

The deck hand fought the law and pulled his steel. But johnny had his iron and popped a cap in him.

Dictionaries are cheating. You're no fun.

I thought it was clever, actually. sweatdrop

[Mshprk]

MarchinoCherry

I thought it was clever, actually. sweatdrop

Thought what about it was clever?

[unknown_death]

Mshprk

Besides me?

132

[Mshprk]

unknown_death

Mshprk

Besides me?

132

Is that the number of people besides me who know what a synecdoche is?