- 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