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zvonat [6]
3 years ago
9

What figure of speech is being used for the quote, "We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government

surplus food."
English
1 answer:
yan [13]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Zeugma

Explanation:

A zeugma consists in blending together grammatically and logically different ideas. The words <em>paychecks, hope, fear </em>and <em>government surplus food</em> denote grammatically and logically different ideas. For example, <em>hope </em>and <em>fear </em>are abstract nouns; <em>paychecks </em>and <em>food </em>are<em> </em>concrete nouns.  

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