Module 2 Vocab

Playful or clever use of words to create humor

• homophone

• homograph

• idiom

• wordplay

The way in which speech is said

• delivery

• adapt

• peculiar

• pun

A group of people gathered to see or hear something

• pun

• wordplay

• idiom

• audience

A phrase that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words

• idiom

• pun

• homophone

• homograph

An example of an idiom would be....

• This quiz is a piece of cake.

• What kind of animal keeps the best time?

  A watch dog

• What kind of vehicle has four wheels and flies?

  A garbage truck

• Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine

Two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

• pun

• homograph

• homophone

• idiom

An example of a homograph is....

• The bear was brown.

  The cupboard was bare.

• The bat cracked as it hit the ball.

  The bat ate all of the insects.

• Once you've seen a shopping center, you've seen a mall.

• It's raining cats and dogs.

Something that is stange or odd is......

• peculiar

• particular

• particle

• pronunciation

To change for a particular use

• peculiar

• adapt

• pun

• animate

Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and different meanings

• puns

• idioms

• homographs

• homophones