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Zeugma -rhetorical Device Used By Master Writers
By: marciano guerrero | - What is a Zeugma?
Zeugma is a rhetorical device where a single word is made to refer to two or more words in a sentence, often playing on the words' literal and metaphorical meanings.

Smiling with a crooked smile that did little to hide his crooked intentions and crooked teeth, he said "Trust me."

The verb 'To hide' controls two other words: intentions and teeth. But what is worthy of note in this zeugma is the juxtaposition of an abstract noun (intentions) to a c ...
Tags: Merchant of Venice, rhetorical techniques, Things They Carried, To Kill a Mockingbird, zeugma

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