- English Pun Exploration
  - Introduction to Pun
    - Wordplay with two or more meanings
    - Creates humor or rhetorical effect
    - Example: A happy life depends on a liver
  - Types of Ambiguity in Puns
    - Homophones
      - Words that sound the same but differ in spelling, meaning, or origin
      - Example: "You are the one that I want" (one vs. won)
    - Homonyms
      - Words spelled and pronounced the same but different in meaning
      - Example: "Every kid should have an apple after school" (fruit vs. Apple product)
  - Applications of Puns
    - Movies
      - Example: The Truman Show ("cross my fingers")
    - Comics and Ads
      - Example: Chocolate milkshake pun
    - Literature
      - Shakespeare's use of puns
        - Over 3000 puns in his plays
        - Example: Hamlet's "sun" pun
      - Benjamin Franklin's wordplay
        - Phrase: "Hang together or hang separately"
  - Functions of Puns in Literature
    - Comic relief
    - Display of creative language use
    - Reveals cleverness of writers and characters
  - Practical Use of Puns
    - Enhances wit in daily communication
    - Encourages creativity and fun in language
  - Quiz Time
    - Identify pun in a given conversation

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