playful or clever use of words to create humor

M2 Lesson 1-2 Vocab

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English
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5th Grade
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Hard
Isobel Bannon
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Wordplay
Homograph
Homophone
Idiom
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Two words that SOUND the same but have different spellings and meanings
Homograph
Pun
Homophone
Adapt
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Words that are SPELLED the same but have different meaning and sometimes different pronunciations
Audience
Peculiar
Homophone
Homograph
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A phrase or expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words
Wordplay
Idiom
Pun
Homophone
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A humorous play on words or phrases that are close in sound but different in meaning
Pun
Wordplay
Idiom
Homograph
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To change; to alter as a result of changes to the environment
Audience
Delivery
Peculiar
Adapt
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The technique or way in which something is said
Adapt
Deilvery
Pun
Wordplay
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