Puns, Hyperboles, Irony

• A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

• She’s going to die of embarrassment.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

• Telling a quiet group, “don’t speak all at once”

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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• Reading while sunbathing makes you well-red.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

• A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

• I've told you this 20,000 times

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

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CCSS.RL.8.3

• Leaving a car wash at the beginning of a downpour.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

• Hansel and Gretel (Grimm fairy tale): the witch, who intended to eat Hansel ad Gretel, is trapped by the children in her own oven

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

• Jungle animals are very fair. Cheetahs are always spotted.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

• A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun