Question

In this lesson, under the heading, style, the meaning of metonymy is given. Give two example of metonymy from the extract. How is it used in the cintext?

Answer 1

Answer:

Which lesson are you talking about like any specific name. else metonymy means substituting the name of one of the attributes of a thing for the name of the thing itself.

general examples:

1. please address the chair.

here the chair is actually the chairman.

2. the pen is mightier than the sword.

here pen is actually a reference to reasoning and logic and sword to fighting and physical damage.

Answer 2

NOTE: The given question is incomplete as no particular text has been given in order to be able to answer this question. So a general interpretation of this answer has been made here.

Metonymy means a figure of speech which is mainly used to associate one thing with some other thing by using some special word instead of using the normal conventional word.

This is used by poets to describe certain objects, situations or things in their poems. This adds to the richness of the overall text.

For example, instead of saying a king, if we use "crown" for a sentence like "We will swear loyalty to the crown", it would add more importance to the text.