Seeing seeing double double…
Welcome to the Saturday Mix, 25 November 2017!
This week we are seeing double with
Double Take
The ‘Double Take’ challenge focuses on the use of homophones* to build your writing piece. You have two sets of homophones and you are challenged to use all four words in your response – which can be poetry or prose.
Our first homophone set this week is:
bolder – more courageous
boulder – large rock
Our second set of homophones is:
flew – past tense of fly
flu – short for influenza
flue – chimney pipe
You may be thinking to yourself, How can I use homophones in my writing?
Luckily, Kat at Literary Devices, has some examples for you.
Example of Homophones in Literature
This poem is filled homophones (marked in bold). They create a humorous effect in the poem through having the same pronunciation but altogether different meanings.
“Sole
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