Analyze and comment on the following.Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font. A: “Why is Sunday the strongest day?” B: “Because all the others are week days. ”
AS HOMONYMS ARE IDENTICAL IN SOUND OR SPELLING, PARTICULARLY HOMOPHONES, THEY ARE OFTEN EMPLOYED TO CREATE PUNS FOR DESIRED EFFECT OF HUMOR, SARCASM OR RIDICULE.
“WEEK DAYS” REFERS TO THE DAYS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY IN A WEEK. HOWEVER, WEEK AND WEAK ARE HOMOPHONES THAT ARE PRONOUNCED THE SAME BUT DIFFER IN MEANING AND SPELLING.
HERE THE ANSWER BY B CLEVERLY EMPLOYED THE HOMOPHONES, WEEK AND WEAK, IN HIS VERBAL UTTERANCE TO ACHIEVE A HUMOROUS EFFECT，BECAUSE THE SOUND OF WEEK IS IDENTICAL WITH WEAK, WHICH IS AN ANTONYM OF THE WORD STRONG.
