difference between synecdoche and transferred epithet
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole, or the whole is used to represent a part. It is used in journalism as a type of shorthand.
For example: Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. (The part ‘head’ is used to represent the whole ‘King’.)
A transferred epithet is a figure of speech in which an adjective qualifies a noun other than the person or thing it is actually describing.
For example: 'restless night': the thing which is being described is actually a restless person.
For example: Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. (The part ‘head’ is used to represent the whole ‘King’.)
A transferred epithet is a figure of speech in which an adjective qualifies a noun other than the person or thing it is actually describing.
For example: 'restless night': the thing which is being described is actually a restless person.