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

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2022 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

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The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of
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The sentence "The warriors conquered my men and my country" illustrates the use of zeugma. Zeugma is a figure of speech in which a word is used in two different senses in the same sentence, often resulting in a humorous or unexpected effect. In this sentence, the word "conquered" is used in two different senses: "conquered my men" and "conquered my country."

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