Playful or clever use of words to create humor

• homophone

• homograph

• idiom

• wordplay

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The way in which speech is said

• delivery

• adapt

• peculiar

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A group of people gathered to see or hear something

• pun

• wordplay

• idiom

• audience

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A phrase that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words

• idiom

• pun

• homophone

• homograph

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

An example of an idiom would be....

• This quiz is a piece of cake.

• What kind of animal keeps the best time?

  A watch dog

• What kind of vehicle has four wheels and flies?

  A garbage truck

• Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

• pun

• homograph

• homophone

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

An example of a homograph is....

• The bear was brown.

  The cupboard was bare.

• The bat cracked as it hit the ball.

  The bat ate all of the insects.

• Once you've seen a shopping center, you've seen a mall.

• It's raining cats and dogs.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Something that is stange or odd is......

• peculiar

• particular

• particle

• pronunciation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

To change for a particular use

• peculiar

• adapt

• pun

• animate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and different meanings

• puns

• idioms

• homographs

• homophones

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A