Vocab lesson....
antanaclasis (ant-an-uh-KLAS-is) noun
A play on words in which a key word is repeated in a different,
often contrary, sense.
[From Greek antanaklasis (echo or reflection), from anti- (against) +
ana- + klasis (breaking or bending).]
Some examples of antanaclasis:
o Your argument is sound, nothing but sound. -Benjamin Franklin
o If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
-Vince Lombardi
o Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
-Anonymous
o You have a nice ass but you are an ass.
-Tom Walters
A play on words in which a key word is repeated in a different,
often contrary, sense.
[From Greek antanaklasis (echo or reflection), from anti- (against) +
ana- + klasis (breaking or bending).]
Some examples of antanaclasis:
o Your argument is sound, nothing but sound. -Benjamin Franklin
o If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.
-Vince Lombardi
o Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.
-Anonymous
o You have a nice ass but you are an ass.
-Tom Walters