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Synecdoche “sin-neck-duh-kee”Definition:Synecdoche is the brother of metonymy. It also involves acts of substitution that highlight certain details over others. But, rather than using an external part; an internal part is used to stand in for the subject. The use of synecdoche involves a deeper structure in order to create a stronger rhetorical appeal. Culturally, we use synecdoche to describe our patterns of thinking that would help us understand our world beyond a simple word or phrase. We speak and act synecdochally when we construct our understanding of the whole even though we only have access to the part. Examples:Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears”—Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Shakespeare uses “ears” in order to grasp the audience’s attention because it will directly persuade them to listen. “Give us this day our daily bread”—Matthew, The New TestamentThe Bible uses the term “bread” in substitution for all food. Perhaps, it is also implying any necessity of life. “Lend a hand in helping their garden”—Chris Holcomb &M. Jimmie Killingsworth, “Performing Prose”Holcomb and Killingsworth use this term because it directly expresses the part for the whole. Of course you are not going to only use your hand to help someone, but it is the most active part which makes it the most appealing. Link for my Synecdoche comic: “I Have a Dream” –Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King’s speech, “I have a Dream” is one of the most famous speeches in American history. The message he was conveying was clearly important. However, one may argue that his use of rhetorical terms is what grabbed the audience. Synecdoche is perhaps one of the most used rhetorical tropes in his speech. King spoke: “We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” King’s use of synecdoche represents people as bodies and flesh. This helps the audience capture that the problems they were facing had to do with skin color. For instance, if we were to substitute people for bodies and flesh then the concept of racism may not be as prevalent or easy to interpret. In conclusion, he took people as the whole and broke it down to a part of the body. His overall speech is a form of synecdoche as the general concept is racism, but is then broken down to the color of one’s skin. Hey! Less talk, more pain, marshmallow boy! –Mike, Monsters Inc. A Word for a WordWhole=vehiclePart= wheelsGeneral=signatureSpecific=John HancockMaterial=glassesComposition=spectaclesContainer=barrelContents= barrel of oilCaptain Hook uses Synecdoche!Can you grab me a cola?We use synecdoche and don’t even know it when we ask for cola which represents coke. ................
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