EPISODE · Apr 29, 2023 · 22 MIN
172. A Few More Words: Paraprosdokian
from Writing and Editing · host Wayne Jones
Send us Fan MailI 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.LINKSWikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParaprosdokianFrom a Monty Python Sketchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD8y0PJ2Vo&ab_channel=DougMonthy
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