200106334L June 6, 2001 ************** ************** ************** Dear **************: Thank you for your letter concerning Texas taxes. You state that your company is a national service provider for the food and beverage, restaurant, and convenience store equipment industry.
zeugma. n. 1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a figure of speech in which a word is used to modify or govern two or more words although appropriate to only one of them or making a different sense with each, as in the sentence Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave (Charles Dickens).
Zeugma and Syllepsis. Zeugma is sometimes differentiated from âSyllepsisâ. Like zeugma, syllepsis also employs the technique of using a single verb for more than one part in a sentence but where that single verb applies grammatically and logically to only one.he above examples of Zeugma show that this literary device may create confusing or dangling sentences. However, if used correctly, it adds flavor to literary texts as it helps produce a dramatic effect, which could possibly be shocking in its result.