The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of

LITERATURE
WAEC 2022

The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of

  • A. Paradox
  • B. Litotes
  • C. Parallelism
  • D. Zeugma

Correct Answer: D. Zeugma

Explanation

Zeugma is when you use a word in a sentence once, while conveying two different meanings at the same time. Sometimes, the word is literal in one part of the sentence, but figurative in another; other times, it's just two completely separate meanings for the word.



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