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A zeugma is the act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
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When was Zeugma Systems created?
Zeugma Systems was created in 2004.
When was Zeugma Mosaic Museum created?
Zeugma Mosaic Museum was created in 2011.
Can you give examples of zeugma?
yeah
How is the word zeugma pronounced?
zoog-muh
Where was the ancient city of Zeugma located?
Western Turkey.
What rhymes with zeugma?
Prozeugma, Mesozeugma, Hypozeugma, Diazeugma.
Use of a word to govern two or more words?
zeugma
Why were archeologists unaware of Zeugma's whereabouts before 1987?
The ancient city of Zeugma was buried beneath the pistachio groves of the modern city by the same name for nearly two thousand years
What is an example of the use of zeugma in a literary work?
A zeugma is the same as a syllepsis. It is the use of grammatically inconsistent (ok wrong) phrases in the same sentence such as "She was upstairs and her children upstairs". A consistent usage would be she and she or her and her.
What is the device in Lord of the Flies?
there are many devices synechdoche zeugma etc
What are some poems with zeugma in them?
Some poems that showcase zeugma include "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot, and "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare. Zeugma is a rhetorical device that involves using a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use is often subtler and may not always be readily apparent.
Where is the zeugma in the Lord of the Flies?
ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart...
