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Shakespearean Puns

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Tickle your funny bone with a activity that presents five famous puns drawn from Shakespeare's Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Much Ado About Nothing. Readers identify the play on words as a homographic or homophonic pun. 

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hamlet, william shakespeare, much ado about nothing, romeo and juliet, puns, king richard iii

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hamlet, much ado about nothing, puns, richard iii, romeo and juliet, shakespearean puns, humor in shakespeare, puns in shakespeare, homographic puns, homophonic puns, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask your punsters to create their own punny lines

Pros

  • For each pun, the context and play are identified

Cons

  • No answer key is included

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