What Is a Rebus Story?

A rebus story is a very short story that uses words and pictures that stand for words. These stories are written for young children just learning to read.

What is a rebus example?

A rebus (/ˈriːbəs/) is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) and the letter "n".

What is a rebus in writing?

Rebus, representation of a word or syllable by a picture of an object the name of which resembles in sound the represented word or syllable. ... An early form of rebus occurs in picture writings, where abstract words, difficult to portray, were represented by pictures of objects pronounced the same way.

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