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WORD OF THE DAY PART 107
Zeugma (noun)
Meaning: A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., “John and his license expired last week”) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., “with weeping eyes and hearts”).
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
🤗“My teacher took points off for the confusing zeugma in my introductory statement.”
🤗“As a literary device, a zeugma challenges the reader to hold two possible definitions of a word at once.”
🤗“Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ is an excellent example of zeugma, as the short story lists both physical and metaphorical items the soldiers carry with them.”
Zeugma (noun)
Meaning: A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., “John and his license expired last week”) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., “with weeping eyes and hearts”).
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
🤗“My teacher took points off for the confusing zeugma in my introductory statement.”
🤗“As a literary device, a zeugma challenges the reader to hold two possible definitions of a word at once.”
🤗“Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ is an excellent example of zeugma, as the short story lists both physical and metaphorical items the soldiers carry with them.”
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