Well, the Text is Mostly Correct
—but it doesn’t mention the need for a pun in the last panel, even though it’s there.
Of course, the “unexpected” pun is what makes the strip funny, (the first panel calls it “stupid”), but you have to figure that out yourself.
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Three Puns, but That’s Not the Lesson
The humor is based on the misuse of three words, which I call puns. But the lesson is about the sentence. Can you tell what she got wrong?
Yes! She wrote a complex sentence, not a compound one. Ignoring the joke, the sentence is “When a horse jumps the fence” is a subordinate clause, and the rest of the sentence is the independent clause. “The feet go over first” is the main clause, and “then the tail” is an adverbial prepositional phrase. No compound anywhere!
How would you write those three words in a compound sentence?
Not a Lesson, but Good for a Few Language Laughs
The guy who writes Frank and Ernest, Bob Thaves, is good at creating puns, which these are. And they rhyme.
I’ve posted some of his work before; do a search on frank and ernest in the search box on the right.
Just a Pun
Well, maybe a few comments, too. Here it s:
A pun is when a word has two meanings at once.
Oxymoron is a real word. It’s the word for a self-contradictory phrase, such as “quiet explosion.”
I guess having one’s eyes crossed and tongue hanging out are signs of low IQ, hence moron. What do you think?
What Kind of Play on Words is This?
Okay, the “correct” term is “emotional support dog.”
She said “emotional sport dog.” Is that a pun? Or maybe it’s a malaprop. I’d vote for malaprop. What’s your opinion? (If you don’t know what a malaprop is, go use the search box in the upper right corner.)
