Wordplay and Language Quiz

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

• Peculiar

• Wordplay

• Idiom

• Delivery

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

• Homophone

• Audience

• Peculiar

• Adapt

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

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

• Homophones

• Homographs

• Idioms

• Puns

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

• Homophones

• Homographs

• Puns

• Wordplay

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.5.5B

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

• Adapt

• Deliver

• Play

• Listen

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

• Audience

• Delivery

• Wordplay

• Adaptation

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

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

• Audience

• Homophones

• Idioms

• Puns

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

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