Wordplay and Language Quiz

What is the playful or clever use of words to create humor called?

• Homophone

• Wordplay

• Idiom

• Delivery

Which term describes two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings?

• Homograph

• Idiom

• Homophone

• Audience

What do you call two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings?

• Homograph

• Wordplay

• Adapt

• Peculiar

What is a humorous play on words based on two words or phrases that are close in sound but different in meaning?

• Delivery

• Pun

• Audience

• Adapt

What is a phrase or expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words?

• Idiom

• Homophone

• Peculiar

• Wordplay

What term describes the technique or way in which something is said?

• Audience

• Delivery

• Adapt

• Homograph

What is a group of people who watch or listen to a performance called?

• Audience

• Pun

• Idiom

• Peculiar

What does it mean to change or alter as a result of changes to the environment?

• Peculiar

• Adapt

• Homophone

• Delivery

What word describes something that is abnormal or different from the usual expectation?

• Wordplay

• Homograph

• Peculiar

• Idiom

Which vocabulary word refers to a humorous play on words?

• Pun

• Adapt

• Delivery

• Homophone