Which of the following describes a pun? (1 point) A. a playful use of synonyms to achieve humor in writing. B. the use of a noun to serve as the verb in a sentence C. the final sentence of a joke that contains the punchline D. a joke using words that sound alike but have different meanings

D. a joke using words that sound alike but have different meanings.

Explanation:

It could also be A, but D made the most sense.

Here is an example "What did the grape say when it got crushed? Nothing, it just let out a little wine."

as you can see, gramatically, the word should be "whine", but as this is a pun that is talking about grapes, using "wine" instead makes it funny.

sugar had three basic uses in ancient india. it was used in religious rites, consumed as a snack, and was considered a kind of medicine.

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to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.