Go to the following website and learn what "Tom Swifties" are.
Look at the books from the 1920s for examples.
PROMPT 1:
Get together in groups of 3-4. Go to the following webpage (and other related ones you find yourself). Your group's task is to create a 12-item test for another group that this group has to solve. The group that solves most of the 12 items it gets from another group wins. You need to retype Tom Swifties that you find on the webpage, but you leave out the last word, i.e., the pun, for the group to fill in the blank.
Examples:
1. How do you start a model-T Ford without a battery?" asked Tom _____________ .
(answer: CRANKILY)
2. "I have to wear this cast for another six weeks," said Tom _________________ .
(answer: DISJOINTEDLY)
3. "I'm shocked," said Tom _____________________ .
(answer: ELECTRICALLY)
You should select sentences that people are able to guess, when they think hard.
EMAIL me your 12-item quiz (with solutions). Only one per group, please!
PROMPT 2:
Invent 3 Tom Swifties on your own!!! Publish them as a comment to this blog. If you work in groups, indicate all your names on your blog entry.
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“Will you hand me the scissors?” said Tom cuttingly.
“Weren’t you supposed to be watching the baby?” said Tom carelessly.
“Grace ate too much cake at the party,” said Tom gracefully.
Daniel Colcord
Allison Romershausen Vanessa Knepp
1. "Get that dog out of my flowers!" Tom said, barkingly.
2. "Every day's the same," Tom said statically.
3. "I hate clowns!" Tom said hysterically.
Lindsay Buettner
Christian Holt
Stephanie Tillery
Regina, Josette, Ti'erra, Amanda
“Your beard feels like sand paper” Tom said roughly.
“I love you” Tom said to his wife softly.
“I never will do this again” he said repeatedly.
Regina, Josette, Ti'erra, amanda
"Slow down" Tom said quickly.
“I don’t like cats,” said Tom doggedly.
“I don’t like to dance,” said Tom ungracefully.
“I am not a fruit,” said Tom productively.
Amy Mchenzie, Bonnie Bilyeu, Bryan Norbut
"This socket's active," Tom said shockingly.
"I forgot my line," Tom said promptly.
"I forgot my coat," Tom said coldly.
Amanda Murphy, Mike Schloz, Isaac Diaz
Zach Casselman
__unexpectedly____, a hurricane struck Carbondale
To __boldly___ go where no man has gone before
“Imma buy you a drank”, said T Pain __smoothly________
I think I did the format for these wrong.. my apologies
Please sign the attendance sheet, the teacher said absently
1. "The sun sure is shining," said Tom brightly.
2. "Leave the robot on the table," said Tom robotically.
3. "I broke my left arm." Tom said painfully.
Jessica Berry
Alex Gholson
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