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Q&A How to write a memorial plaque?

What about using synecdoche (a part for the whole)? Doctor X was a polymath, who invented the Y medical procedure and composed the epic opera Z. He was just one of the 300 people, representi...

posted 6y ago by Chris Sunami‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:40:28Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/41567
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Chris Sunami‭ · 2019-12-08T10:40:28Z (about 5 years ago)
What about using synecdoche (a part for the whole)?

> Doctor X was a polymath, who invented the Y medical procedure and composed the epic opera _Z_. He was just one of the 300 people, representing 400 years of culture and history in country W, who were all brutally murdered on this spot by V as part of the purge of 19XX.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-24T15:28:25Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 2