... overview on figures of speech in general and substitutive figures of speech in particular Chapter II, the main part of the paper, focuses on two substitutive figures of speech, synecdoche and metonymy, ... chapter or certain parts of a chapter In the first part, we review the literature of figures of speech in general and the two figures of speech of metonymy and synecdoche in particular Afterwards, ... teaching of these figures of speech and offers suggestions on applicable activities for use in EFL classrooms 6 CHAPTER I SUBSTITUTIVE FIGURES OF SPEECH I AN OVERVIEW OF FIGURES OF SPEECH I.1...