PARAPROSDOKIANS

Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the laatter part of a sentence is surprising or unexpected, frequently used for humorous effects(See creative proverbs, regressio,hipalage..)

Ex: WHERE THERE IS A WILL I WANT TO BE IN IT

"IF I AGREED WITH YOU, THEN WE´D BOTH BE WRONG"

 

"WAR DOES NOT DETERMINE WHO IS RIGHT-ONLY WHO IS LEFT"

"WE NEVER REALLY GROW UP,WE ONLY LEARN HOW TO ACT IN PUBLIC"

" TO STEAL IDEAS FROM ONE PERSON IS PLAGIARISM.TO STEAL FROM MANY IS RESEARCH"

THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HURT YOU .BUT IT´S STILL ON MY LIST

LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND.THIS IS WHY SOME PEOPLE APPEAR BRIGHT UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK.

EVENING NEWS IS WHERE THEY BEGIN WITH "GOOD EVENING" AND THEN PROCEED TO TELL YOU WHY IT IS NOT.

 

(Find other examples of paraprosdokians on the web or try to invent one yoursef)