Welcome to our new article on literary devices! In this post, we’ll explore synecdoche and metonymy—two figures of speech that share similarities but also have distinct characteristics. If you’re not familiar with the terms metonymy and synecdoche, no worries! Keep reading, and you might discover that you already use them more often than you think.

By the end of the article, challenge yourself to identify examples of synecdoche and metonymy in the sentence: With the press covering every detail, the new wheels are becoming the talk of the town.