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1What is a monster's favorite makeup?

2Identify the literary device used in the example below: The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.

3What do snowmen have for breakfast?

4I tried to catch some fog. I mist. Pun?

5Identify the figurative language: As the handsome man left the tattoo parlor, I thought to myself: he has trouble written all over him!

6Words or phrases that have double meanings.

7You must die before you can really live.Pun?

8How do trees get on the internet?

9A play on words, so that a statement has a double and humorous meaning.

10Words or phrases that are used in a way that give it a funny twist are ..... This commonly uses homophones and/or homonyms to create a humorous twist.

11What is the term for a figure of speech that involves a play on words?

12LITERARY ELEMENTS / TECHNIQUES:A play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings.

13Cut in half

14The cyclist was too tired to win the race

15In Othello, the clown's brief comic turn hinges on a pun about "wind instruments" and "tailor's goose" ; whom does he first confound with that wordplay?

16What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?

17Is this a pun?It's raining cats and dogs.

18I forgot how to throw a boomerang, but then it came back to me!

19A play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings

20When a word that has two or more meanings is used in a humorous way

21How do you organize a space party?You planet!

22What literary term refers to a "a play on words, sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar meaning or sound of different words"

23"a clever and funny use of a word or phrase" is the definition of:

24The life of a patient of hypertension is always at steak.

25Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: "I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough."

26A pun or wordplay is:

27What is the term for: A humorous play on words based on similar sounds or multiple meanings?

28A pun is a play on words that exploits the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

29What is a pun?

30Identify the figurative language technique that matches the following definition.A PLAY ON WORDS

31Who rescued the cubs?

32Identify the figurative language being used in the following."A boiled egg for lunch is hard to beat."

33A ..... is a literary device that is also known as a "play on words." It involve words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings.

34What literary device is used in: "We'll measure them a measure and be gone."

35Poetry does not use humor and puns to entertain readers

36I used to be a transplant surgeon, but my heart just wasn't in it.

37What kind of cup can't hold water?

38When Mr. Rick introduced the new mathematics unit, he was met with groans. One student even had the courage to say, "Geometry is so pointless."

39Section 2: Identifying Figures of Speech. For each sentence or phrase, identify the figure of speech being used: A pilot has an easy job; they just wing it most of the time.

40Sophie's Nail Polish. As strong as nails. Which Persuasive Technique is being used in the above ad?

41A play on words-(One candle says to the other, this is lit!)

42I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.Pun?

43If you take your fish on a walk and you accidentally drop him on the ceiling how old is your grandma?

44A play on words with multiple meanings, usually with a humorous effect; puns depend on the context of the conversation or text

45What literary term means a play on words?

46True or False: A pun is not a form of figurative language because it is really a kind of joke.

47Which one of the following words below is a PUN?When I discovered out my toaster wasn't waterproof I was absolutely shocked.

48Humour is never an effective persuasive technique. True or false?

49What is the purpose of using humor in communication?

50"BREAKING NEWS: Police were called to local daycare where a three-year-old was reportedly resisting an a rest"What is this an example of?

51Olivia is reading a comic strip and laughs at a joke where the word "bark" is used to mean both the sound a dog makes and the outer layer of a tree. What is this type of figurative speech called?

52A Pun is .....

53A pun .....

54The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings (or the meaning of another word similar in sound) is called a

55Play on words or word meaning for a humorous effect:

56This is a joke based on the interplay of homophones-words with the same pronunciation but different meanings.

57An example of a pun

58What do you call a snowman in the summer?

59A play on words; Ex: I really wanted a camo shirt, but I couldn't find one.

60What Animal Can You Never Trust With Your Homework?

61What writing strategy is shown in the lines below: "Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead"