Fun with Puns!For today's assignment, you are to write a fictional news article that includes as many puns as possible. The article should be coherent, on subject, and in article format. Have a typed copy to share on Wednesday, December 1st. Remember all the types of puns we talked about in class, included homographic (double meanings), homophonic (sounds like another word), and "Tom Swifty's". Here's a good site about those: Tom Swift Puns.Here are some great puns titles that we came up with today in class:Cookie factory continues to crumble.
Investigation into stolen sheets only threadbare.
Burn victim gets fired.
Butcher backs up, gets behind in his work.
Stiff competition for cemetery spaces.
Garbage collector comes clean.
Consumer review: Vacuum sucks.
Man makes killing in bank robbery.
Man climbing mountain gets extremely high.
Famous watch maker’s time runs out.
Man crashes car after sugar rush.
Shipment of Viagra stolen: hardened criminals on loose.
Woman pines for lumberjack husband.
Playgrounds now have age limits, causing kids to play on words.
Bed owner depressed, nothing really mattress.
Manicurist get nailed by recession.
United States Senator appalled; hooker can’t fish.
Army vet saves dying dog.
Man chokes on lifesaver.
Lady Gaga just can’t dance.
Crane operator lifts self out of depression.
Grizzlies overrun park, Rangers can bearly keep them at bay.
Those are hillarious!
Some hints:
Suggestions:
-Start with headline.
-Write article
-What does an article include?
-Does article make sense?
-Does article match tone and voice of a newspaper article?
-Add as many puns as you can!