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For further reading, see also ''double entendre'' and/or equivoque. | For further reading, see also ''double entendre'' and/or equivoque. | ||
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* Baldick, Chris. Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford University Press, 2004. | * Baldick, Chris. Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford University Press, 2004. | ||
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Pun
An expression that achieves emphasis or humor by contriving an ambiguity, two distinct meanings being suggested either by the same word (polysemy) or by two similar-sounding words (homophone) (Baldick 209).
In the terminology of rhetoric, punning is regarded as a figure of speech and known as paranomasia (Baldick 209).
For further reading, see also double entendre and/or equivoque.
Works Cited
- Baldick, Chris. Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford University Press, 2004.