sinécdoque

sinécdoque

A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole. An example: Lend me a hand. See Metonymy.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Literature
Category: Fiction
Company: Citadel
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

El Código Da Vinci

Literature; Bestsellers; Fiction

Author Dan Brown wrote this book , that should have been a movie in the first place, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code was the best seller of the decade when a film adaptation hit ...

el tono

Literature; Fiction

The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work.

sintaxis

Literature; Fiction

The grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue. The organization of words and phrases and clauses in sentences of prose, verse, and dialogue

tema

Literature; Fiction

The idea of a literary work abstracted from its details of language, character, and action, and cast in the form of a generalization."

cuento

Literature; Fiction

A story that narrates strange happenings in a direct manner, without detailed descriptions of character.

símil

Literature; Fiction

A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. An example: My love is like a red, red rose.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

dskorce

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
2
Followers

Industry/Domain: Communication Category: Written communication

carta

Una carta es un mensaje escrito en un papel. Hoy en día es poco común usar esta vía de comunicación (excepto para asuntos oficiales e importantes) ...