Question

Read the following text and answer the question that follows.

Georgina's life drastically changed since she brought home the puppy. Spot constantly needed to be walked and his pet food was very expensive.
Georgina's patience and her wallet were stretched thin.
Identify the rhetorical device illustrated in the bold-faced sentence.
Antithesis
Figurative language
Synecdoche
Zeugma

Answer 1

Zeugma

Step-by-step explanation:

Zeugma means a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses. As we know Georgina is comparing her patience and the wallet they are different from one another as wallet is a Noun and Patience is a verb. As well, I took the test and got it correct :). I hope this helps :)!

Answer 2

The rhetorical device used in the sentence is zeugma, which involves a word that applies to multiple parts of the sentence differently.

Step-by-step explanation:

The rhetorical device illustrated in the bold-faced sentence 'Georgina's patience and her wallet were stretched thin' is a zeugma. This is a figure of speech in which a single word, usually a verb or an adjective, is used to join two or more parts of a sentence, but the word applies to each in a different way. In this example, the verb 'stretched' is used to describe both Georgina's patience and her wallet, implying that both are being extended beyond their capacity. It is not quite literal for patience, indicating a metaphorical or figurative extension, while it is more literal for a wallet, indicating a financial strain.