Wordplay and Language Quiz

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

• Peculiar

• Wordplay

• Idiom

• Delivery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which term describes something abnormal or different from the usual expectation?

• Homophone

• Audience

• Peculiar

• Adapt

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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

• Pun

• Homograph

• Idiom

• Delivery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What are two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling and meanings called?

• Homophones

• Homographs

• Idioms

• Puns

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

What are two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings called?

• Homophones

• Homographs

• Puns

• Wordplay

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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

• Idiom

• Pun

• Homograph

• Audience

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• Adapt

• Deliver

• Play

• Listen

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• Audience

• Delivery

• Wordplay

• Adaptation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What do you call a group of people who watch or listen to a performance?

• Audience

• Homophones

• Idioms

• Puns

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Which of the following is an example of a homograph?

• Bear (animal) and bare (empty)

• Bat (winged animal) and bat (wooden stick)

• Raining cats and dogs

• Costs an arm and a leg

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C