LOOPING THE LOOP or POLYPTOTON: Cognate objects or Internal Accusative

 

If you say "he sang a song" or" he slept a troubled sleep" you are using a cognate object: the verb´s noun form which has the same root.

 

In the phrases below find the object etymologically related to the verb. (Both could be the same):

 

TO RUN A ....................

TO DRINK A.................

TO PAINT A................

TO GIVE A ................

TO DIE A...................

TO READ A ..............

TO LAUGH A...........

TO SMILE A...............

TO TALK  A................

TO WRITE A............... 

TO SPEAK A..............

TO DO A.................... 

TO BLEED SOME.........

TO DREAM A .............. 

TO THINK A................