Question

Which are examples of puns? Check all that apply.

It’s pointless to write with a broken pencil.
Early to bed means early to rise.
The poor, old cow was udderly exhausted.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
That lightning storm was just shocking.

Answer 1

Answer:

It’s pointless to write with a broken pencil.

The poor, old cow was udderly exhausted.

That lightning storm was just shocking.

Explanation:

Definition of a pun:

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

Answer 2

Pun is the art of playing with words. In the sentences provided, those that examples of pun are;

• A. It's pointless to write with a broken pencil.

• C. The poor, old cow was udderly exhausted.

• E. That lightning storm was just shocking.

Pun is the art of constructing words in a comical way that drives home a point.  A pun might make use of words that are similar and have close but different meanings.

In the sentences above, puns are used. For example, in the second sentence "udderly" was used as a substitute for utterly. An udder is the mammary gland of a cow.

So a part of the cow was used to show how tired the cow was.

Summarily, the above bullet options are examples of puns,

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