i have to create a lesson plan for my english class and i have to teach the word synecdoche?

Question

does anyone know where or how i would go about doing this?

Answer 1

The true def of this word is exaggeration, so go with it. Yell out "synecdoche" while running around the room waving your arms, saying "what does this word mean, this long, strange word, synecdoche, if I don't find out what it means I'll go crazy," (pulling at your hair). Your students will be laughing at this point. You then stop and ask the students by seeing how you were acting, what does the word mean. I guarantee you that these students will remember this word well into high school.

Answer 2

You could make it fun by, first teaching the concept (with examples), then let them make up their own that they would use in their daily lives. (or examples that they already do. Their is a lot of 'slang' that kids come up with and I'm sure they could even give you some that you haven't heard of!)

If I'm getting it right, this is something (grammatically) that is shortened to 'make life easier'. Correct?

Another thing that could be used as a lesson would be matching obscure references/Synecdoches. I wouldn't do this as an assignment, but as a game, any age would enjoy it.

For me, it is always easier to learn a new concept when I am able to compare it with something I am already familiar with.

Answer 3

Synecdoche is a figure of speech that presents a kind of metaphor in which:

A part of something is used for the whole,
The whole is used for a part,
The species is used for the genus,
The genus is used for the species, or
The constitution or material composing an object is used for an object.
Synecdoche, as well as some forms of metonymy, is one of the most common ways to characterize a fictional character. Frequently, someone will be consistently described by a single body part or feature, such as the eyes, which comes to represent their person.

Also, sonnets and other forms of love poetry frequently use synecdoches to characterize the beloved in terms of individual body parts rather than a whole, coherent self. This practice is especially common in the Petrarchan sonnet, where the idealised beloved is often described part by part, from head to toe.


[edit] Examples
Examples where a part of something is used to refer to the whole:
"The hired hands [workers] are not doing their jobs."
"His parents bought him a new set of wheels [car]."
Similarly, "mouths to feed" for hungry people, "white hair" for an elderly person, "The Press" for newsmedia.
Examples where the whole of something is used to refer to a part of it:
"The police [on-duty police officers] came too late."
"Use your head [brain] to figure it out."
"Michigan [the government of Michigan] just passed a law addressing this problem."
Similarly, "body" for the trunk of the body, the "smiling year" for spring
Examples where a species (specific kind) is used to refer to its genus (more general kind):
"The cutthroats [assassins] there will as soon shoot a man as look at him."
"Could you pass me a Kleenex [facial tissue]?"
Similarly, "coke" for soda, "castle" for home, "bread" for food, "Judas" for traitor
Examples where a genus is used to refer to a species:
"No creature [person] would believe that story."
"We're fresh out of milk [cow's milk], but we do have goat's milk."
Examples where the material an object is made of is used to refer to the object itself:
"Those are some nice threads [clothes]."
"Would you like paper or plastic [paper or plastic bags]?"
Similarly, "willow" for cricket bat, "copper" for penny, "boards" for stage, "ivories" for piano keys, "plastic" for credit card, "the hardwood" for a gym floor

Answer 4

Ya..u must