“There is no literary device- metonymy, synecdoche, litotes, chiasmus…”
“Metonymy- a trope which substitutes the name of an entity with something else that is closely associated with it. For example, “the throne” is a metonymic synonym for “the king.” The word derives from Greek roots that mean “changing a name.’
-defined in Hamilton
“Trope- a broader category of “figures of speech.” Tropes depend on changes not in the order or syntax but in the standard meanings of words. It describes a smaller category of rhetorical figures, including apostrophe, rhetorical question, anaphora, antithesis and chiasmus.”
-defined in Hamilton
I was utterly overjoyed to discover it had a name! I always liked it when authors said things like “the throne” in place of “the king.” It gives a bit of oomph to the writing. However, I did not know what a “trope” was so I had to look that up as well, which I have a feeling that will happen often during this semester.
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