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Fun Figures of Speech

February 14, 2013 by Barbara McNichol Leave a Comment

by Barbara McNichol

Never did I dream I’d gain material for communicating writing tips on the the tennis court. But while at tennis on a recent Thursday morning, a buddy passed along a sheet of “punny” sentences that made us all laugh.

My favorites:

  • Broken pencils are pointless.
  • A  cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are
    sketchy.
  • I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it
    down.
  • What do  you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary.
    A thesaurus.

Speaking of “punniness,” this BBC article discusses the pun’s dubious
reputation as the lowest form of humor. It points to signs like Fish & Sip (a seafood and coffee joint) and EYEdiology (an optician’s shop) as examples.

Now, I’m not advocating using lots of silly puns in your writing.
But I suggest that playing with them can spark your creativity
for all the serious writing you’re doing.

I do recommend using other figures of speech—similes, metaphors,
alliteration, and more—to add power to your pen. So I’ve created a free
four-page handout filled with Fun Figures of Speech to enhance your
writing skills, and if you’ll email me with Fun Figures of Speech in
the subject line
, I’ll email you the PDF.

Share your favorite figures of speech through examples here.

Filed Under: Writing Tips Tagged With: figures of speech, funny writing, metaphors, nonfiction book editing, similes, strenthening your writing

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