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Writing and Editing
172. A Few More Words: Paraprosdokian
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Wayne Jones
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Episode 172
I talk about the figure of speech called paraprosdokian, and how it fits into the universe of rhetorical figures. It includes puns, too, and I provide examples of it in use.
LINKS
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprosdokian
From a Monty Python Sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD8y0PJ2Vo&ab_channel=DougMonthy