Question

Which sentence is an example of zeugma?

Regarding his accent, my father always said, “You can take the boy out of Georgia, but you can’t take Georgia out of the boy.”
On our family’s trip to South Africa, we tried many new, fantastic dishes we had never had before, including one called bobotie.
The general demanded more boots on the ground to assist with the aftermath of the hurricane.
The fire was finally extinguished, along with my dreams of opening a Mediterranean restaurant.

Answer 1

The sentence that is an example of zeugma is: "The fire was finally extinguished, along with my dreams of opening a Mediterranean restaurant."

Zeugma is a literary device in which a single word is used in two different senses in the same sentence, often resulting in a humorous or unexpected effect. In this sentence, the verb "extinguished" is used in two different senses: one literal (referring to the fire) and one figurative (referring to the speaker's dreams). The use of zeugma in this sentence creates a clever and unexpected comparison between the fire and the speaker's dreams.