Pun Verbal Irony Analogies

What is verbal irony?

• What is said is different than what is meant.

• The audience knows something a character doesn't know.

• What happens is the opposite of what is expected.

Which sentence contains an example of verbal irony?

• Seeing the untouched bowls of chili, the chef laughed. "One of my biggest hits!"

• When I stepped outside, the cold air hit me like a ton of bricks.

• "Would you give me a hand moving these boxes upstairs?" Dad asked politely.

• "I guess this is going to be a group effort," Han said, looking at the crowd of volunteers.

A pun is a phrase that uses two words that ____________, but have different meanings, for humorous or poetic effect

• are spelled the same

• sound the same

• look or sound the same

• have the same definition

Which word creates the pun in this sentence?: I have been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill.

• Drill

• Dentist

• Times

• Know

Which sentence contains a pun?

• Would a cardboard belt be a waist of paper?

• I  blinked at the bright light outside.

• Can we get together on this tomorrow?

• But that shirt is missing sleeves!

Which figure of speech is shown in this example?: As Lucky left home on her birthday, a bus splashed her with mud and ruined her new sweater. “Happy birthday to me,” she muttered.

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Pun

• Analogy

Which analogy shows an analogy of degree (amount or intensity)?

• Large : gigantic

• Quietly : softly

• Shoe : boot

• High : low

A homographic pun uses two words that are spelled the same, but a homophonic pun uses two words that _______ the same.

• mean

• sound

Explain this pun: “The two musicians had a good relationship. They were always in a chord.”

• A chord is a musical term, which is a homophone for accord, meaning “agreement.”

• The musicians get along so their music sounds good and they always play the right chords.

Order these synonyms from least to most negative connotation.

• displeased, upset, enraged

• enraged, displeased, upset

• upset, enraged, displeased.