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Examples of [[wordplay]] found in some works of interactive fiction include (in no particular order as yet): | |||
* Acrostics. | |||
* Alliteration. | |||
* Alphabet collecting. | |||
* Anagrams. | |||
* Chemical symbols. | |||
* Cryptograms. | |||
* Dialect. | |||
* Font styles, colors, and sizes. | |||
* Homonyms and homophones. | |||
* Invented language. | |||
* Initialisms. | |||
* Lipograms. | |||
* Literalism. | |||
* Magic words. | |||
* Neologisms. | |||
* Phone pad and typewriter keyboard play. | |||
* Poetry | |||
* Proverbs and Sayings. | |||
* Meter. | |||
* Rebuses. | |||
* Rhyming. | |||
* Roman numerals. | |||
* Spelling and misspelling. | |||
* Split messages. | |||
* Spoonerisms. | |||
* Unusual, obscure, and archaic word choices. | |||
* Word repetition. | |||
{{stub|Everything}} | ==Links== | ||
* See also this [[IFDB]] list: {{ifdb list|Word-play games|hqkgbtxk6ykudtnu|Emily Short}}. | |||
{{stub|Everything. Summarize what wordplay is at the top of the article. Expand on each of these types of wordplay; some items may be summarized here and also expanded on their own pages. Add types of wordplay that were missed. There may be a better presentation order than alphabetic. Each type of wordplay ought to refer to at least one and at most three IF games that use that particular type of wordplay.}} | |||
[[Category:Puzzles]] | [[Category:Puzzles]] | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 18 March 2009
Examples of wordplay found in some works of interactive fiction include (in no particular order as yet):
- Acrostics.
- Alliteration.
- Alphabet collecting.
- Anagrams.
- Chemical symbols.
- Cryptograms.
- Dialect.
- Font styles, colors, and sizes.
- Homonyms and homophones.
- Invented language.
- Initialisms.
- Lipograms.
- Literalism.
- Magic words.
- Neologisms.
- Phone pad and typewriter keyboard play.
- Poetry
- Proverbs and Sayings.
- Meter.
- Rebuses.
- Rhyming.
- Roman numerals.
- Spelling and misspelling.
- Split messages.
- Spoonerisms.
- Unusual, obscure, and archaic word choices.
- Word repetition.
Links
- See also this IFDB list: Word-play games by Emily Short.
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TODO: Everything. Summarize what wordplay is at the top of the article. Expand on each of these types of wordplay; some items may be summarized here and also expanded on their own pages. Add types of wordplay that were missed. There may be a better presentation order than alphabetic. Each type of wordplay ought to refer to at least one and at most three IF games that use that particular type of wordplay.
TODO: Everything. Summarize what wordplay is at the top of the article. Expand on each of these types of wordplay; some items may be summarized here and also expanded on their own pages. Add types of wordplay that were missed. There may be a better presentation order than alphabetic. Each type of wordplay ought to refer to at least one and at most three IF games that use that particular type of wordplay.