Pun

Which of these is a pun?

• Twinkle, Twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are

• Back to the future

• I would like to go to Holland someday. Wooden shoe?someday. Wooden shoe?

what is a pun?

• words that are sound the same but spelled different

• an idiom

• play on words: a joke

• pickle and onion mix

Which one of these is considered a pun?

• It was like taking candy from a baby

• This is a piece of cake

• Kings worry about receding heir line

Is this a pun?

The winter dog wears his coat, but in the summer he wears his coat and pants.

• True

• False

Word play in which words with totally different meanings have similar or identical sounds.

• pun

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

pun

• a type of parody

• a type of sarcasm

• a type of irony

• a play on words

Is this a pun?

• True

• False

Is this a pun?

• True

• False

What is the rhetorical term for punning?

• Paronomasia

• Paragonimiasis

• Persimmon

Is this a pun?

Fish are so smart because they live in schools?

• True

• False