Palindrome: A word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward Mom: A palindrome Dad: A palindrome Wow: A palindrome Racecar: A palindrome Level: A palindrome Radar: A palindrome Kayak: A palindrome Madam: A palindrome Noon: A palindrome Civic: A palindrome Refer: A palindrome A man, a plan, a canal: Panama: A famous palindrome sentence Was it a car or a cat I saw?: A palindrome sentence Homophone: Words that sound the same but are spelled differently to, too, two: Homophones: to the park, too hot, two cats there, their, they're: Homophones: over there, their dog, they're happy see, sea: Homophones: see with eyes, the sea is salty write, right: Homophones: write a note, turn right night, knight: Homophones: dark night, a knight in armor knew, new: Homophones: I knew it, a new toy flower, flour: Homophones: a pretty flower, flour for baking bear, bare: Homophones: a big bear, bare feet hear, here: Homophones: hear with ears, come here son, sun: Homophones: a boy, a star pair, pear, pare: Homophones: two shoes, a fruit, to peel red, read: Homophones: a color, past tense of read mail, male: Homophones: letters, boy tail, tale: Homophones: a dog's tail, a story blue, blew: Homophones: a color, wind blew plane, plain: Homophones: a flying plane, a plain shirt steak, stake: Homophones: a meat dinner, a pointy stick wait, weight: Homophones: wait for a bus, how heavy way, weigh: Homophones: a path, to measure weight so, sew, sow: Homophones: so happy, sew a button, sow seeds ate, eight: Homophones: ate lunch, the number 8 by, buy, bye: Homophones: by the door, buy a toy, say bye dear, deer: Homophones: dear friend, a woodland animal whole, hole: Homophones: the whole pie, a hole in the ground Homograph: Words spelled the same but with different meanings, like bat Bat: An animal that flies, or a stick used in baseball Bark: A dog's sound, or the covering of a tree Bank: Where money is kept, or the side of a river Lead: To guide, or a soft gray metal (said led) Wind: Moving air, or to turn something around Tear: A drop from the eye, or to rip Present: A gift, or here and now Close: To shut, or very near Contronym: A word that means its own opposite, like 'cleave' Anagram: A word made by rearranging the letters of another, like listen and silent Listen: An anagram of silent Evil: An anagram of live (or vile) Stressed: Spelled backward it is desserts Onomatopoeia: A word that sounds like what it means, like buzz or splash Buzz: An onomatopoeia for a bee's sound Splash: An onomatopoeia for water Pop: An onomatopoeia for a balloon Alliteration: Words close together that start with the same sound Pun: A joke that plays on word meanings or sounds Idiom: A saying whose meaning is not literal, like 'raining cats and dogs' Simile: A comparison using like or as Metaphor: A comparison that says one thing is another Longest English word in the dictionary (often cited): Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Longest word with no repeated letter, often cited: Uncopyrightable Shortest complete sentence: I am. Free flashcards from Peabody at peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-word-play-homophones-palindromes