“All hands on deck” is an example of which rhetorical device? A. epimone B. anthithesis C. paralipsis D. synecdoche

English · College · Wed Jan 13 2021

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The phrase "All hands on deck" is an example of synecdoche. Synecdoche is a rhetorical device where a part of something is used to represent the whole or vice versa. In this case, "hands" is a part of the crew members, and it represents the entire crew being summoned to action.

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