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Questions
Which word best describes the type of literary device the cartoonist uses to make his point?
a) pun
b) personification
c) onomatopoeia
d) oxymoron
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By Gary Varvel
Answers
a) pun, which is a “play on words” – the use of a word or phrase that has two meanings
The cartoonist did not use:
b) personification – a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object.
c) onomatopoeia – the creation of words that imitate natural sounds (buzz and hiss are examples of onomatopoeia)
d) oxymoron – a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as the phrase “jumbo shrimp” “virtual reality”)
