If you’re using it for positive quality, you could use Paragon.

Person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model of some given (especially positive) quality.

If you’re a student like Patrick Ramsay, come to Myers-Brinkley & pay a shilling.

Microcosm

(such as a place or an event) that is seen as a miniature of something much larger (from Merriam Webster online)

If you’re looking for epitome, look at

an image that represents or expresses something very well.

In essence, a qualities/definitions ‘questions’ – the purity

or most typical instance. Quintessence – the purest or most typical instance.

Empment is quite close to the equivalent of synecdoche without the specific denotation of a literary device: someone or something that is a perfect representative or example of a quality, idea or etc. ; a representation of things in a tangible or visible form.

Mother Theresa embodied selflessness; she did so because of the kind heart.

Other words that mean the same thing: image, incarnation, incorporation, manifestation, personification, realization, substantiation; quintessence, archetype, exemplar.

What are examples?

I think “proxy” might be what you’re looking for:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/. com/dictionary/proxy.com/advanced_?

Metonyme .

Wikipedia describes metonymy as:

Metonymy… is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by its meaning.

As Hollywood is

known, a district of Los Angeles, California aims to be a cinema for future generations, because Hollywood is a cultural center that stars and studios have gathered to stay. The national capital is often used to represent the governors of a country, such as “Westminster” for Parliament of the United Kingdom,

Also:

Synecdoche and metalepsis are considered specific types of metonymy.

What has the opportunity to discuss this as a solution for young persons that wish to improve themselves?