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Which of the following options best defines the literary device 'synecdoche'?
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- 1The attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities
- 2The repetition of vowel sounds within closely spaced words
- 3Using a part of something to represent the whole, or vice versa✓
- 4Substituting the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
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Using a part of something to represent the whole, or vice versa
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