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L.8.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

A word play suggesting, with humorous intent, the different meanings of one word or the use of two or more words similar in sound but different in meaning. (From Poetry Glossary)

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

A humorous substitution of words that are alike in sound but different in meaning, as in this passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll:

“And how many hours a day did you do lessons?” said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject.

“Ten hours the first day,” said the Mock Turtle, “nine the next, and so on.”

“What a curious plan!” exclaimed Alice. “That's the reason they're called lessons,” the

Gryphon remarked: “because they lessen from day to day.”

Why did the kid bring scissorsscissors to school?

•So he could cutcut class.

Written by Anglela, age 11 - Tom Swifities Link

How do mountains hearmountains hear?

Written Dave, age 10- Tom Swifities Link

•With mountaineersmountaineers.

What was the reporterreporter doing at the ice cream ice cream shopshop?

•Getting the scoopscoop!

Tom Swifities Link

How do you fix a broken broken tomatotomato? ?

Tom Swifities Link

•With tomato pastetomato paste.TomatTomat

o o PastePaste

Why did the spiderspider go to the computercomputer?

Written by Rachel - Tom Swifities Link

•To check his web siteweb site.

Why is a crossword puzzlecrossword puzzle like a quarrelquarrel?

•Because one word leads to one word leads to another. another.

(Joseph Rosenbloom

What did the big toe say to the little toe?"

•There's a big heel big heel following us.

(Kid's Jokes)