alleryStart learning →Calling the US executive branch 'the White House' is an example of which device?
AHyperbole
BMetonymy
COxymoron
DOnomatopoeia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Metonymy
Using the name of a building for the administration housed in it is metonymy, which can act as a kind of synonymy.
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