Metonymy and Synecdoche

Spoken, Written, and Filmed

MetonymyWhat is it?

Taking a physical thing and having it represent a concept

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What does the actor look like? What might the director be saying about her emotional state?

Considering the similarities…

What words might we associate with a baby in the womb? Since the director decided to film the shot this way, what might he be saying about her emotional state?

How does the color saturation (sat-your-a-shin) of the wall indicate a sensation?

This film starts off by pointing out that it is the ______est day of the year. What could you fill in that blank with considering the background?

Since this is our main character, this shot might be a metonymy of what?

SynecdocheWhat is it?

Taking a part of something and having it represent the entire thing.The part

represents the whole

This one interaction is a part of their relationship, but it represents all of their relationship.

If this is what the house/bloc looks like at the beginning of the film…

What might this transformation indicate about the larger society?

What might the bars in the foreground and the woman’s wet eyes tell us about her situation?

The bars would be a synecdoche of what considering that this manis a police officer?

This shot is a metonymy because it represents the concept of…

This shot is a synecdoche because it represents…