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“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

tuesdayisfordancing

I didn’t know about zeugmas until just now! That is so awesome, everybody:

zeug·ma ˈzo͞oɡmə/

noun

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 ).

ISN’T THAT AWESOME??

professorsparklepants

#in english class in high school my teacher had us write our own zeugmas in class#and one guy came up with ‘he fell from her favor… and the window’#i am forever looking for opportunities to use that one

siesiegirl

She dropped her dress and inhibitions at the door.

What’s this? My favorite rhetorical device showing up on my dashboard?

thranduilland

IT HAS A NAMEEEE!! OH MY GOD!!!

candiikismet

I LOVE THIIIIIS!!!

#zeugma #literary devices #rhetorical devices #rhetorical device #rhetoric #figure of speech #figures of speech

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englishgradinrepair

youcancallmepotter

do u ever think back on old conversations with people and think “oh! foreshadowing. that was real life foreshadowing.”

#foreshadowing #literary devices #lit devices #english major humor #conversations

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bookriot

It’s no hyperbole when we say these literary term tees ARE THE BEST!!!

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cuddleycas

doctor: I’m afraid you have a rare disease called onomatopoeia patient: is it serious? doctor: it’s just as bad as it sounds

#onomatopoeia #pun #puns #literary devices #literary device

englishmajorhumor

When you catch a double entendre in your reading for class

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theyuniversity

Anonymous asked:

What is a chiasmus? I don't understand.

theyuniversity answered:

Chiasmus (aka antimetabole) is a rhetorical device in which the order of words in one of two parallel clauses is inverted in the other.

Here are some famous examples from history:

In both of the above examples, the order of the words after the semicolon is the inverse of the order of the words before the semicolon. Chiasmus is an effective rhetorical device because it is (1) memorable and (2) easy to follow.

Here’s one last example (a quote from Jimi Hendrix):

(“The power of love” → “the love of power”)

Cheers.

#chiasmus #rhetoric #rhetorical devices #literary devices #AP Language and Composition #Malcolm X #JFK #John F. Kennedy #Jimi Hendrix