Synecdoche (si-nek’-do-kee): A whole is represented by naming one of its parts (or genus named for species), or vice versa (or species named for genus).
I hate the sound of a Kalashnikov on full auto.
Its clanking well-paced whack whack whack so succinctly enunciates a paean of terror, blood, and death.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
