Figures of Speech: Synecdoche, Metonymy

​Irony is expressing something but means the opposite.

Someone might say "It is really a great day" when it is a day full of negative experiences.

​Someone might say " I'm sure you will be able to keep yourself safe staying in the rain, right?"

​Oxymoron is a term with two contradicting terms.

It was lonely in a room with deafening silence.

​Let's not talk about it. It is going nowhere.

​The party was just attended by a small crowd.

​Synecdoche is using a part of something to represent the whole thing.

​hand part of the person who took care of you​

ex. Appreciate the hand that took care of you.​

​head represents the people attending the meeting.​

ex. How many heads are now in the meeting?

​Metonymy is using another word that is associated with it; like a symbolism

​ex. Jose RIzal fought the Spaniards with his pen.

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Pen represents writings he did to expose the Spaniards.​

ex. I appreciate those men in uniform.

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Uniform represents service.