Question

read the excerpt from a latina judges voice by sonia sotomayor. almost nine years later, we are waiting for a third appointment of a woman to both the supreme court and the new york court of appeals and of a second minority, male or female, preferably hispanic, to the supreme court. in 1992 when i joined the bench, there were still two out of 13 circuit courts and about 53 out of 92 district courts in which no women sat. (2002 by the regents of the university of california. reprinted from the la raza law journal 13 berkeley la raza l.j. 87 (2002) by permission of the regents of the university of california. which phrase contains an example of metonymy? \in 1992 when i joined the bench, there were still two out of 13 circuit courts\ \about 53 out of 92 district courts in which no women sat\ \we are waiting for a third appointment of a woman to both the supreme court\ \the new york court of appeals and of a second minority, male or female, preferably hispanic\

Explanation:

Metonymy is a figure - of - speech where a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. In the phrase "In 1992 when I joined the bench, there were still two out of 13 circuit courts", "the bench" is used as a metonym for the position of a judge or the judicial role. It is a common metonymy in legal language where "bench" represents the judicial function or the group of judges.

Answer:

"In 1992 when I joined the bench, there were still two out of 13 circuit courts"