Pun and Paradox

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2 figures of speech- Pun and Paradox


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FIGURES OF SPEECH- PUN AND PARADOX

A play on words, either on different senses of the same word or on the similar sense or sound of different words. Also known as Paranomasia . PUN

Noticing the bunch of bananas, the hungry gorilla went ape. He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me . She had a photographic memory but never developed it. Examples of PUN

A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. Adjective: paradoxical. PARADOX

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness." Let's say there is a bullet which can shoot through any barrier. Let's also say there is an absolutely bullet-proof armor which no object can penetrate. What will happen if such a bullet hits such an armor? Your mission is not to accept the mission. Do you accept? Examples of PARADOX