Read the following passage from Tom Sawyer:
“[They] covered themselves with dust and glory.”The above line is an example of:
a. zeugma
b. dramatic irony
c. hyperbole
d. alliteration
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The correct answer is a. zeugma. What the heck is zeugma? It doesn't matter. There is no dramatic irony going on. There is no hyperbole. There is no alliteration. The only time you guess a word you do not know is when you know all the other answers are false. In this case, you should have been able to recognize all the other answers as false and, with some trepidation, picked zeugma.
It was also used in the book Project Hail Mary:
"I wake up covered in medical equipment and pain."
Still think I made it up? Look here for a thorough explanation of zeugma:
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