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Algernon. [Raising his hat.] You are my little cousin Cecily, I’m sure. Cecily. You are under some strange mistake. I am not little. In fact, I believe I am more than usually tall for my age.

The pun in this passage relies on which two definitions of the word little?

“narrow”

“younger”

“unimportant”

“brief”

“small in size”

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-Younger
-Small in size

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After analyzing the pun that appears in the passage, we can say it relies on the following two definitions of "little":

B. "younger"

E. "small in size"

What is a pun?

A pun is a word play or joke that exploits words that have multiple meanings or words that sound alike but present different meanings. In the passage we are analyzing here, the pun refers to the use of the word "little".

While one character uses little to mean "younger", the other uses it to mean "small in size," which creates humor. The passage belongs to the play "The Importance of Being Earnest," which is filled with this type of humor.

With the information above in mind, we can choose options B and E as the best ones.

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