Why do writers use puns? to create humor or levity

to provide source material

to confuse the reader

to impress the reviewers

Which option describes a homophonic pun?
a pun that achieves its humor through the use of how words appear on the page

a pun that uses two words that sound the same but have different meanings

a pun that uses two words that look the same but have different meanings

a pun that uses ideas from two different disciplines, such as science and art

Which option describes a homographic pun?
a pun that uses two words that look the same but have different meanings

a pun that achieves its humor through very detailed description

a pun that is both humorous and serious at the same time

a pun that uses two words that sound the same but have different meanings

It is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty, which, with his boundless valour, made him revered and terrible in the sight of his soldiers, but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli what kind of reasoning does machiavelli use in this excerpt? he uses inductive reasoning because he offers statistics to prove his claim. he uses inductive reasoning because he observes a pattern and proves a conclusion. he uses deductive reasoning because he relies on scientific experiments to prove a conclusion. he uses deductive reasoning because he introduces a conclusion and proves it with evidence.