Metonymy, usage, and connection

The phone is constantly calling and interrupting my homework.

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

Why do we use METONYMY?

• to express creatively

• to make words or phrases more powerful

• to avoid misunderstandings

• to sound cool when we speak

The gorilla's cage was a (an) _____ keeping him locked inside.

• prison

• oasis

• haven

Explain the difference between metonymy and synecdoche and give examples from a short story you have read.

• Synecdoche example: Referring to a house as 'the roof'

• Metonymy example: Referring to a cat as 'the tail'

• Metonymy example: Referring to the king as 'the crown'. Synecdoche example: Referring to a car as 'wheels'.

• Metonymy example: Referring to a teacher as 'the desk'

Metonymy:

• Autonomy

• Connectoche

• The Samely

• Commonly

Which of the following is an example of metonymy?

• "The pen is mightier than the sword."

• "The White House issued a statement."

• "The sun smiled down on us."

• "The cat meowed loudly."

In my experience, freshmen today are different from those I knew 25 years ago.

• first-year students

• new students

• new counselors

• young professors

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which an object or idea is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Identify the metonymy in the following sentence: 'The White House issued a statement.'

• The West Wing

• The White House

• The President

• The Oval Office

The suits took more from him during the hearing than his wife would after the divorce.

• metonymy

• synecdoche