Act I The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Introduction to Puns
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On your noteguide,
write your own
definition for the
word “pun.”
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Now, look down the center of
your noteguide at each of the
sentences marked by a diamond.
Each one of these sentences will be a
pun--when you have filled in the
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Reading while sunbathing
makes you well-___.
red
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When two egotists meet,
it's an ___ for an ___.
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When two egotists meet,
it's an I for an I.
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A bicycle can't stand on its
own because it is ___ tired.
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A bicycle can't stand on its
own because it is two tired.
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What's the definition of a
will? (It's a ____ giveaway.)
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What's the definition of a
will? (It's a dead giveaway.)
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In democracy your vote counts.
In feudalism your count ____.
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In democracy your vote counts.
In feudalism your count votes.
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With her marriage, she got a
new name and a ______.
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With her marriage, she got a
new name and a dress.
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When a clock is hungry, it
goes back ____ seconds.
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When a clock is hungry, it
goes back four seconds.
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You feel stuck with your
debt if you can't ______ it.
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You feel stuck with your
debt if you can't budge it.
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Local Area Network in Australia:
the ____ down under.
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Local Area Network in Australia:
the LAN down under.
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Bakers trade bread recipes on
a _______-to-know basis.
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Bakers trade bread recipes on
a knead-to-know basis.
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A boiled egg in the
morning is hard to ____.
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A boiled egg in the
morning is hard to beat.
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A midget fortune-teller
who escapes from prison is
a small ________ at large.
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A midget fortune-teller
who escapes from prison is
a small medium at large.
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Those who get too big for
their britches will be
exposed in the ___.
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Those who get too big for
their britches will be
exposed in the end.
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Once you've seen one shopping
center, you've seen a ____.
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Once you've seen one shopping
center, you've seen a mall.
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Did your definition of “pun”
allow for each of the
previously cited examples?
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A rhetorical wordplay in which
the writer surprisingly reveals
that words with totally different
meaning have similar or even
identical sounds
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