Wordplay and Language Quiz

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

• Homophone

• Wordplay

• Idiom

• Delivery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• Homograph

• Idiom

• Homophone

• Audience

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

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

• Homograph

• Wordplay

• Adapt

• Peculiar

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• Idiom

• Homophone

• Peculiar

• Wordplay

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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

• Audience

• Delivery

• Adapt

• Homograph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

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

• Audience

• Pun

• Idiom

• Peculiar

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• Peculiar

• Adapt

• Homophone

• Delivery

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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

• Wordplay

• Homograph

• Peculiar

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which vocabulary word refers to a humorous play on words?

• Pun

• Adapt

• Delivery

• Homophone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D