“THE WARRIORS CONQUERED MY MEN AND MY COUNTRY” ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF

• A. Paradox
• B. Litotes
• C. Parallelism
• D. Zeugma ✓

The answer to the question is: D. Zeugma

The phrase “The warriors conquered my men and my country” illustrates the use of Zeugma. Zeugma is a figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to them in different ways. In this example, the verb “conquered” applies to both “my men” and “my country,” but in different senses. The warriors physically conquered the men, while they politically or territorially conquered the country.