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  2. Synecdoche, New York - Wikipedia

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    Synecdoche, New York (/ s ɪ ˈ n ɛ k d ə k i / sin-EK-də-kee) [3] is a 2008 American postmodern [4] psychological drama film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman in his directorial debut. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as an ailing theater director who works on an increasingly elaborate stage production and whose extreme commitment to ...

  3. Synecdoche - Wikipedia

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    Synecdoche is a rhetorical trope and a kind of metonymy—a figure of speech using a term to denote one thing to refer to a related thing. [9] [10]Synecdoche (and thus metonymy) is distinct from metaphor, [11] although in the past, it was considered a sub-species of metaphor, intending metaphor as a type of conceptual substitution (as Quintilian does in Institutio oratoria Book VIII).

  4. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    In March 1911, the Syracuse Advertising Men's Club held a banquet to discuss journalism and publicity. This was reported in two articles. In an article in The Post-Standard covering this event, the author quoted Arthur Brisbane (not Tess Flanders as previously reported here and elsewhere) as saying: "Use a picture.

  5. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Synecdoche – a rhetorical device where one part of an object is used to represent the whole—e.g., "There are fifty head of cattle." or "Show a leg !" (naval command to get out of bed = show yourself)

  6. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Synecdoche: referring to a part by its whole or vice versa. Synonymia: use of two or more synonyms in the same clause or sentence. Tautology: redundancy due to superfluous qualification; saying the same thing twice. Tmesis: insertions of content within a compound word. Tricolon diminuens: combination of three elements, each decreasing in size.

  7. 'Beau Is Afraid' explained: A disturbingly in-depth ... - AOL

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    In other words, Mona has marshaled the manpower of MW Industries to create a sort of "Synecdoche, New York" or "Truman Show" situation for Beau, in which she casts him as the central figure in a ...

  8. Metonymy - Wikipedia

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    Synecdoche uses a part to refer to the whole, or the whole to refer to the part. [10] [11] [12] Metalepsis uses a familiar word or a phrase in a new context. [13] For example, "lead foot" may describe a fast driver; lead is proverbially heavy, and a foot exerting more pressure on the accelerator causes a vehicle to go faster (in this context ...

  9. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    Metonymy is similar to synecdoche, but instead of a part representing the whole, a related object or part of a related object is used to represent the whole. [2] Often it is used to represent the whole of an abstract idea. Example: The phrase "The king's guns were aimed at the enemy," using 'guns' to represent infantry.