Identifying Synecdoche And Metonymy

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Identify the instances of synecdoche and metonymy in the following sentence: While the suits in Congress debate and Wall Street asks for another bailout, America waits for good news.

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Synecdoche: America; Metonymy: Wall Street, suits

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Synecdoche: suits; Metonymy: Wall Street, America

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Synecdoche: suits, Congress; Metonymy: Wall Street, America

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Synecdoche: Wall Street, America; Metonymy: suits

Identifying Synecdoche And Metonymy

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