Figurative Language Puns

What is Figurative language  

• When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.

• A joke

• Word play 

• When you are so ready for summer that you think you will go crazy 

What is a monster's favorite makeup?

• mas-scare-a

• blush

• lipstick

• wrinkle scream

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity.  I can't put it down.
Pun?

• Yes

• No

A humorous play on words that have double-meanings.

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• pun

• onomatopoeia

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally.

• pun

• idiom

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Identify the figurative language technique that matches the following definition.

A PLAY ON WORDS

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Pun

Identify the figurative language technique in the following sentence. NOT ALL MATH PUNS ARE TERRIBLE--ONLY SUM.

• Pun

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Identify the definition below that matches IDIOM.

• A word that sounds like its meaning

• A play on words

• Two or more words beginning with the same consonant sound in a sentence or line of poetry

• A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally.

What is a pun?

• A play on words with humorous effect

• A type of metaphor

• A form of hyperbole

• A literal statement