synecdoche
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Charlie Kaufman's films — "Being John Malkovich," "Adaptation.," and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," which he wrote, and "Synecdoche, New York," and "Anomalisa," which he directed — are cheeky and depressing headscratchers.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2020
This will mark the Oscar-winning screenwriter’s third time directing a feature film, after Synecdoche, New York and Anomalisa.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2018
Much of Charlie Kaufman's work - from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to Synecdoche, New York, his 2008 directorial debut - features male protagonists enduring internal suffering, but under darkly funny circumstances.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2016
Then, in 2008, Kaufman directed his own first film, Synecdoche, New York – about a dramatist who attempts to stage his own experience as a vast, ever-expanding production.
From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2015
This is the figure of speech which is called Synecdoche.
From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by Gillett, E. H. (Ezra Hall)
Vocabulary lists containing synecdoche
Poetry: Literary Devices
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Rhetoric
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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