Puns & Oxymorons Review

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• Oxymoron

• Pun

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

That movie was seriously funny.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The knight said it was extremely dark outside as he rode through the forest.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The tree had a lot of bark but little bite.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The room was dimly lit.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is a Pun?

• Words that sound the same but are spelled different 

• Play on words: a joke 

• An idiom 

• Pickle and onion mix

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What word is missing to make this a pun?

That's the _________ thing I've seen.

• stupidest

• wierdest

• funniest

• sealiest

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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

• pun

• idiom

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A humorous play on words that have double-meanings.

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• pun

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.8.5A

"Tracy was feeling down in the dumps after failing the test" is an example of...

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B