M2 Vocabulary Part 1

playful or clever use of words to create humor

• homophone

• homograph

• pun

• wordplay

• idiom

a phrase or expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words

• homophone

• homograph

• wordplay

• pun

• idiom

two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings; often referred to as multiple-meaning words

• homophones

• homographs

• wordplay

• pun

• idiom

a humorous play on words based on two words or phrases that are close in sound but different in meaning.

• homophone

• homograph

• wordplay

• pun

• idiom

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

• homophone

• homograph

• wordplay

• pun

• idiom