A paraprosdokian is a
figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising
or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or
re-interpret the first part.
A good example, where
the word “right” changes meaning as the sentence is completed, is: "War doesn’t determine who is right only who
is left."
Another example - Silence is golden;
duct tape is silver.
It's a word i've heard before, but it doesn't come up in conversation enough for the meaning to stick. What i need to do is come up with some more examples and use them and the word in coversation.
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