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What does synecdoche mean

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Synecdoche is a figure of speech referring to when a part of something is used to refer to whole , such as this phrase "all hands on deck . where "hands" are people .

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Answer: a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (

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