BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "Pun"

Not What You Meant?  There are 3 definitions for Pun.  Also try: NPI or Quibble or Motiv8 or Puns.

Pun

Print-Friendly
About 9 pages (2,668 words) in 3 products

"Pun" Search Results
Contents:
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
Pun : Language and Linguistics
74 words, approx. 1 pages
A figure of speech of repetition. A play on words through the coupling of words that sound similar but which are very different semantically and etymologically, e.g. Is life worth living? That depends on the liver. ( figura etymologica, polyptoton)...
summary from source:
Paronomasia Pun : Language and Linguistics
2 words, approx. 1 pages
...
summary from source:
Pun Information
2,592 words, approx. 9 pages
A pun (or paronomasia) is a phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar words for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. A pun may also exploit confusion between two senses of the same written or spoken word, due to homophony,...


Ask any question on Pun and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
 

Pun

Print-Friendly
About 9 pages (2,668 words) in 3 products


Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags




About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy |