Assonance, Zeugmas, and Paraprosdokians

Recently, while surfing the web, I came across some words regarding language (Assonance, Zeugmas, and Paraprosdokians), and how it may be portrayed in poetry, metaphors, and humor, respectively. These aren't words that you can use in daily conversation, but may just be good words to know.

So what is Assonance? Assonance is a form of poetry where the same sound is repeated over and over. This could be a set of vowels, a set of consonants, or a combination of both.
In English, there are two common lines involving Assonance:

How now, Brown Cow?  and  The Rain in Spain falls Mainly on the Plain

Assonance is simply alliteration of sounds and syllables instead of specific letters.
A more "severe" form of this poetry is Univocalic Style. Guess why.          No, go ahead. Guess. I bet you're wrong.
Univocalic Poetry is when the author uses only one vowel, (A, E, I, O, or U) and no other. I can see that being really difficult. Here, let me try:

Gordon cooks food:

Wow, good food.

Josh cooks food:

Poor food.

I guess it wasn't as difficult as I thought... But Reverse Univocalic. That's really difficult, like this classic example:

How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour.

That paragraph contained no E's. How does one even do that?
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Zeugmas are a pretty cool figure of speech where you combine a metaphoric reference with a literal one, and tie it all together. For example, with weeping eyes and hearts, or You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as see fit.*
While researching this, I found my favorite one in the comments section of an article:
"Hitmen are expensive, so she took out a loan and her husband."
Also, there's basically no information on this, so let's move on, shall we?

*That one was from a Star Trek episode. Fun Fact.
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Paraprosdokians, otherwise known as the most annoying word to spell, are actually a really fun figure of wordplay. It's been used multiple times by well-known names, such as Stephen Colbert, Winston Churchill, Groucho Marx, Aristotle, and, of course, Homer Simpson.
So what is a Paraprosdokian? Well, if you figure that Para- means Against, and Prosdokia- means Expectation, you can assume that it means Something Unexpected. And that's exactly what it is. A Paraprosdokian is a phrase with an unexpected turn at the end, normally humorous. For instance:
"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing--After trying everything else first." -Winston Churchill

Now, what's interesting is that every so often, you get a Paraprosdokian that plays on a word and a different meaning on that same word, like: Time flies like an arrow, while fruit flies like a banana. This is playing off the word "Fly", using it as both a verb and a noun. Does that sound familiar at all? I should hope so, because this Paraprosdokian is actually a form of a Zeugma! Yes! That word you just learned! Except that these also go by another name: Garden Path Sentences:

Garden Path Sentences are forms of Zugmas and Paraprosdokians, but a bit more complex. For example, try to make sense of the following sentence.

The old man the boat.

It's a bit confusing, right? But if you think about it, and after you splice the sentence (make it more clear), you end up with something along the lines of "The boat was manned by the Elderly"
The name "Garden Path Sentences" comes from the saying "To be led down the garden path", rather, "To mislead"