Irony and Puns

• A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

• Jungle animals are very fair. Cheetahs are always spotted.

• hyperbole

• irony

• pun

The best way to communicate with fish is to drop them a line. 

• metaphor

• personification

• pun

• cliche

• Pun

• Allusion

• Verbal Irony

Which of the following is a play on words?

• Allusion

• Pun

• Idiom

• Apostrophe

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then...

• (A) it hit me,

• (B) someone yelled, "fowl!" ,

• (C) the referee handed me a basketball,

• (D) I saw stars.

a play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word. Two silkworms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

• imagery

• simile

• pun

Is this a pun?

• True

• False

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

• pun

• joke

• riddle

• oxymoron

Which of the following sentences contains an example of irony?

• A) The fire station burned down.

• B) The sun rises in the east.

• C) Water is wet.

• D) The cat meowed.