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This cartoon gives an example of a pun, because Beetle Bailey was expecting nothing new from the seargent. But the last comic square shows that the seargent pulled a new one on Beetle Bailey: the pinkie poke!
We don't know all the reasons, but we have the solution! - Advertisement slogan This is an example of a hyperbole because it exaggerates the fact that they know all the solutions, but don't know the reasons for the problem.
While surfing the web, I ran across a greeting card with a picture of the earth and the moon on the front of it. The earth says to the moon, '' I didn't even know they were there until they started nuclear testing.'' It is an example of a pun, because it's a play on words, but it isn't very funny.
A great example of malapropisms in poetry is '' The Rivals'' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, when Mrs. Malaprop states that she is '' ''too analyzed'' for her part, when she really meant that she was ''amazed'' (not analyzed).
A great example of hyperbole in a song is ''Runing Just To Catch Myself'' by Mark Shultz. It majorly over exaggerates the events of an ordinary day in the life of a working adult: ''I am driving/ I am late for work/ Spilling coffee down my whitest shirt/ While I'm flossing and I'm changing lanes, oh yeah/ Now I'm driving through the parking lot/ Doing 80, hey what the heck why not/ Watch it lady, cuz you're in my spot once again/ It's early to work/ Here's a surprize/ I got a Mcmuffin for just 99 cents today/ I think they ran a special/ Chorus: I can't stand still/ (Can I get a witness)/ Can you hear me/ (Anybody, Anybody)/ I think I am running just to catch myself/ Maybe someday I can fly away/ Go to Key Largo or Montigo Bay/ Sport my speedo, maybe grab a tan/ A dream vacation, wild elation/ Now I'm running, straight into my boss/ And he's angry/ Oh, and he calls me Ross/ which is funny, cuz that aint my name and that's lame/ I'm still running/ Running very late, for a meeting/ Wait, that was yesterday/ Guess I'm early for the one next week/ Oh, how sweet/ I get on the ladder, I corporately climb/ I wave at my life as it passes me by everyday/ My name's not Ross/ Chorus/ Life in my cubicle's discreet/ Life in my cubicle is neat/ I've got some pictures of my friends/ Some sharpened pencils, where's my pen?/ 10:00, I'm in a meeting/ Papercut I think I'm bleeding/ Check my hair, it's still receeding/ Hey, what a life/ Break for lunch, there's nothing better, run outside and don my sweater/ Like Fred Rogers let's be neighbors/ I've lost my mind/ I'm over worked and underpaid and non appreciated/ It's just a perk of being middle class and educated/ 1, spinning circles in my chair/ 2, win a game of solitaire/ 3, and I ponder where my stapler's gone/ Till, 4:00, and I stare at the door/ And I stare at my watch/I stand by my desk like I'm going to war/ There's just one thing that I'll be needing/ Grab my paycheck as I'm leaving/ Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh/ Driving Around (Driving Around)/ With nowhere to go (With nowhere to go)/ So I hang with my lady (So I hang with my lady)/ Oh, and I chill with my bros (Oh, and I chill with my bros)/ It's okay/ In my cabriolle/ Chorus/ When I meet God/ (I will have a question)/ . . . . / I just forgot the question/ I think I am running just to catch myself/ Oh. . . Oh/ (Instrumental and Whistling of the Chorus until end of song)
While looking through the comic section of the newspaper, I found a SALLY FORTH comic strip containing a pun. The first square shows a Sally hugging her mom, who is in bed. Sally says ''Happy Mother's Day.'' Her mom says ''Oh, thank you sweetie.'' In the second square, Sally tells her mom that things will be a little different this mother's day, to which her mom asks ''How so?'' In the third square, Sally explains that ''Intead of getting you (the mom) a card. . . or gifts. . . or doing some breakfast- like thing. . .'' (Into square four; Sally is still explaining to her mother how this Mother's Day will be different). . .''Instead of going out. . . Or having a cake. . . or trying to make a big deal by recognizing this day in any real way. . . We decided to simply say. . . '' Then on to square five, where Sally's dad walks in holding a tray with what looks like breakfast and a small gift, and they (Sally and her dad) both say '' APRIL FOOL'S!!!'' In the last square, Sally's dad says to his wife, '' Here's your Mother's Day breakfast, cards, and gifts.'' Sally's mom then replies ''Aww, you guys throw the most timeline-confusing parties ever.'' To which, AND HERE'S THE PUN, Sally informs her mother that '' I came up with the idea after TRICKING DAD INTO CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY TWICE LAST YEAR.''
I'll love you ten years after the flood - from the poem ''The Cow Mistress; It's a hyperbole because it is impossible to love someone to love another person ten years before The Great Flood of Noah's time; Neither person would have even existed during that time.
''Our watch, sir, has indeed COMPRHENDED two AUSPICIOUS persons'' - from the play MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; It's a malapropism because the man used the words COMPREHENDED and AUSPICIOUS, when he meant to use the words APPREHENDED and SUSPICIOUS.
A good example of a selection of writing containing HYPERBOLES is this section from the poem MY FANCY (the capitalized words are the HYPERBOLES): She has the bear's ETHEREAL GRACE, the BLAND HYENA'S LAUGH, the FOOTSTEP OF THE ELEPANT, and the NECK OF A GIRAFFE.
xxemoskitllezxx added this comment 2011-08-30 11:38:25-05:00
interesting >.<
xxemoskitllezxx added this comment 2011-08-30 11:38:25-05:00
interesting >.<