Puns & Idioms

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What is a Pun?

• Words that sound the same but are spelled different 

• Play on words: a joke 

• An idiom 

• Pickle and onion mix

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Is this a pun?

• No 

• I don't know 

• Yes

• Maybe

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Which one of these is considered a pun?

• It was like taking candy from a baby

• Kings worry about receding heir line

• This is a piece of cake

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How can skeletons tell when it is going to rain?

• They just know

• They can see it

• They can feel it in their bones

• They don't know

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What word is missing to make this a pun?

That's the _________ thing I've seen.

• stupidest

• wierdest

• funniest

• sealiest

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A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.

• pun

• idiom

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

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A humorous play on words that have double-meanings.

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• pun

• onomatopoeia

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"Tracy was feeling down in the dumps after failing the test" is an example of...

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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"Knowing sign language is pretty handy" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• an idiom

• a pun

• alliteration