WHAT IS A PUN?

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WHAT IS A PUN?
L.8.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative
language, word relationships, and nuances in word
meanings.

• PUNS

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WHAT IS A PUN?

• A word play suggesting, with humorous intent, the
  different meanings of one word or the use of two
  or more words similar in sound but different in
  meaning. (From Poetry Glossary)
• A play on words, sometimes on different senses of
  the same word and sometimes on the similar sense
  or sound of different words.

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From Grammar Dictionary pun

• A humorous substitution of words that are alike
  in sound but different in meaning, as in this
  passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by
  Lewis Carroll
• And how many hours a day did you do lessons?
  said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.
• Ten hours the first day, said the Mock Turtle,
  nine the next, and so on.
• What a curious plan! exclaimed Alice.
• That's the reason they're called lessons, the
  Gryphon remarked because they lessen from day
  to day.

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Puns written by Kids!

• Why did the kid bring scissors to school?

• So he could cut class.

Written by Anglela, age 11 - Tom Swifities Link
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Pun Fun!

• How do mountains hear?

• With mountaineers.

Written Dave, age 10- Tom Swifities Link
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Pun Fun!

• What was the reporter doing at the ice cream
  shop?

• Getting the scoop!

Tom Swifities Link
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Pun Fun!

• How do you fix a broken tomato?

• With tomato paste.

Tomato Paste
Tom Swifities Link
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Pun Fun!

• Why did the spider go to the computer?

• To check his web site.

Written by Rachel - Tom Swifities Link
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Pun Fun!

• Why is a crossword puzzle like a quarrel?

• Because one word leads to another.

(Joseph Rosenbloom
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Pun Fun!

• What did the big toe say to the little toe?"

• There's a big heel following us.

(Kid's Jokes)