| In a work of literature Stewart's lies would constitute synecdoche, the rhetorical device in which a part stands for the whole. |
| Metonymy is closely related to synecdoche, the naming of a part for the whole or a whole for the part, and is a common poetic device. |
| Now, this is where it gets a bit sticky: synecdoche uses a part of something to stand in for a whole. |
| Night and Fog is formally constructed as a visual synecdoche, evoking a major chapter of history from a few traces remaining. |
| He, however, says that this substitution, along with many others, characterizes synecdoche. |
| He or she may have heard of alliteration, onomatopoeia, metonymy, synecdoche, and chiasmus. |
