Stylistic devices based on the interaction of primary and derivative meaning : zeugma and pun

_Zeugma_{is the use of a word in the same grammatical but different semantic relations to two adjacent words in the context, the semantic relations being on the one hand, literal, and, on the other, transferred.}

_{Zeugma is a strong, and effective device to maintain the purity of}

_primary_{meaning when the two meanings clash. By making the}

_{two meanings conspicuous in this particular way, each of them stands}

_{out clearly.}

_·_{Lose a heart and a necklace at a Ball.}

Stylistic devices based on circumlocution ( periphrasis, simile, euphemism)

_Simile

_{The intensification of some one feature of the concept in question is realized in a device called simile. Ordinary comparison and simile must not be confused. They represent two diverse processes. Comparison means weighing two objects belonging to one class of things with the purpose of establishing the degree of their sameness or difference. To use a simile is to characterize one object by bringing it into contact with another object belonging to an entirely different class of things.}

_{It has 2 formal features:}

₁₎_{It always has 2 objects mentioned}

₂₎_{It always has a connective: as, as if, like, resembling, seem, as though, as…as.}

_{Similes came to lose their expressiveness because of long use and became trire.}

_·_{To act like a puppy}

_·_{Hungry as a bear}

_·_{Proud as a peacock}

_{Some simile are alliterated (they start with the same letter)}

_·_{Blind as a bat}

_·_{Busy as a bee}

_{Genuine simile is created by unordinarily thinking people}

_{structurally similes can be one-word units, a simple sentence, a complex sentence.}

_{It can be accompanied by another stylistic device:}

_-_{Hyperbolic simile}

_-_Litotes

Stylistic use of phraseological units

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