HISTORY OF WORD PLAY

Word Play is a type of literary device in which the words themselves become the subject.

PLAYING WITH

• Meaning
• Construction
• Sounds of words

COMMON TYPES

• Puns
• Alliteration
• Palindromes
• Rhyme

PUNS

• Homophonic Pun
• Homographic Pun

HOMOPHONIC PUN

Example
WHIRLED PEAS
vs
WORLD PEACE

HOMOGRAPHIC PUN

"BAR"
If a person walks into a bar...
1. Entering a BAR.
2. Smacking / Hitting a metal rod.

PURPOSES

- Just for fun.
- an effective teaching devices.
- forms of advertising,

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EARLIER WORD PLAY?!!

SHAKESPEARE

"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."

"Grave"
a SERIOUS man
vs
DEATH

Mercutio: That dreamers often lie
Romeo: In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. Dreamers lie (are false), and lie (down)

HARRY POTTER

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FOOD PUNS

"It's going to be EASY AS PIE"
-simile (compare two things using the words 'like' or 'as')
Mean : so freaking easy

"We're toast!"
-slang
Mean : we are in a trouble.

"Totally Bananas"
Mean : completely insane.

FlaMANGOes
Flamingo + Mango

SHRIMPanzees
Shrimp + Chimpanzee

"There is a LEAK in the boat!"
Meaning :
disclose
vs
type of vegetable

WATERMELOphants
Watermelon + Elephant

SuSHEEP
Sushi + Sheep

CANTAlope
Antelope + Cantaloupe

"DUCK!"
Meaning :
to bend down
vs
type of animal

CHEESEspider
Cheese + Spider

BANANostrich
Banana + Ostrich

"Flint been acting JERKY"
The monkey is eating a snack called 'Beef Jerky'
but that black dude means like 'a jerk'

TACOdile
Taco + Crocodile

MosquiTOAST
Mosquito + Toast

"It's time to LET US"
vs
LETTUCE
(Word play)

"Should be a piece of cake!"
Mean : easy to do/ achieve

SUBwhales
a SUBWAY sandwiches

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