Choose the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence:
He has many mouths to feed.
Choose the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence:
He has many mouths to feed.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 1
'Mouths' stands for people who must be fed, that is, a part representing the whole person. Using a part for the whole is synecdoche. The option spells it 'Synedoche' but refers to the same device.
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