What is the literary term synecdoche?

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Answer 1

Answer: part of something represents the whole

Answer 2

Answer: This is a literary device in which part of something represents a whole or it may be used as a whole to represent its part. Synecdoche means is may also use larger groups to refer to smaller groups.

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Which describes how the underlined pronoun is used in the sentence? Phil's grandfather told us stories of his childhood in the Philippines.

A.
direct object

B.
object of a preposition

C.
subject

D.
indirect object

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D. Indirect object. I believe

Your answer is D. Indirect Object.

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