Question

What type of figure of speech is a pun?
alliteration
repetition
hyperbole
irony

Answer 1

ok

Answer 2

irony means the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Answer 3

hyperbole means exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Answer 4

repetition means the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Answer 5

alteration means the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Answer 6

so what do you think it is?

Answer 7

repetition

Answer 8

Um, it's irony. Puns are meant for humorous intent, like irony, and usually uses a word with a double meaning. So it is irony.

Answer 9

@jimbosicle1 what you said is wrong

Answer 10

are you on Plato? I dont see how it's not Irony.

Answer 11

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
"“Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony"
synonyms: sarcasm, causticity, cynicism, mockery, satire, sardonicism
"that note of irony in her voice"
a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
plural noun: ironies
"the irony is that I thought he could help me"
synonyms: paradox, incongruity, incongruousness
"the irony of the situation"
a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
noun: dramatic irony

Answer 12

*stumped* its gotta be irony. *cries from frustration*