Understand the use of Puns
Chapters
Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and puns. This video lesson is to help you understand the use of Puns.
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Added on: 6th Oct 2016
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Elaborations
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- defining spoonerisms, neologisms, and puns and exploring how they are used by authors to create a sense of freshness, originality and playfulness
- discussing poetic language, including unusual adjectival use and how it engages us emotionally and brings to life the poet’s subject matter,
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