Bellwork for January 14, 2013 Take handouts from the back counter Write in your agenda. On your note card, explain the meanings of the following idioms: 1. A chip on your shoulder 2. A taste of your own medicine 3. Bend over backwards 4. Crack someone up 5. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. 6. Get up on the wrong side of the bed. 7. Go out on a limb 8. Hit the books 9. Hold your horses 10. Pulling your leg
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Bellwork for January 14, 2013
Take handouts from the back counter Write in your agenda. On your note card, explain the meanings of the
following idioms:1. A chip on your shoulder2. A taste of your own medicine3. Bend over backwards4. Crack someone up5. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.6. Get up on the wrong side of the bed.7. Go out on a limb8. Hit the books9. Hold your horses10. Pulling your leg
WHAT IS A PUN?
PUNS
WHAT IS A PUN? 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.
FROM GRAMMAR DICTIONARY: PUN
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.”
PUN FUN! Why is a crossword puzzle like a quarrel?
• Because one word leads to another.
(Joseph Rosenbloom
PUN FUN! What did the big toe say to the little toe?"
•There's a big heel following us.
(Kid's Jokes)
Practice:Fill in the blank to complete each pun.
1. I recently spent money on detergent to unclog my kitchen sink. It was __________.
2. Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the _________ to her.
3. A jury is never satisfied with the verdict. The jury always ___________.
4. Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a ___________.
5. A dog not only has a fur coat but also _______.
Answers: 1. I recently spent money on detergent
to unclog my kitchen sink. It was money down the drain.
2. Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the world to her.
3. A jury is never satisfied with the verdict. The jury always returns it.
4. Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a knight mare.
5. A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants.
Practice:Fill in the blank to complete each pun.
6. I tried to catch the fog, but I _____.7. The girl said she recognized me from
the vegetarian club, but I’d never met _________.
8. We had a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there isn’t a __________.
9. Broken pencils are _____________.10. I didn’t like my beard at first, but then
it__________.
Answers6. I tried to catch the fog, but I mist.7. The girl said she recognized me from
the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.
8. We had a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there isn’t a pop quiz.
9. Broken pencils are pointless.10. I didn’t like my beard at first, but then
it grew on me.
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. For example, onomatopoeia is the hum of the bees, the pop of a balloon, or the tweet of a bird.