Existing, Assisting, Doing, and Acting Like a Chain
The kind of verb "thinking" is in this line from "Helpless":
"She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinking I'm through (ooh)"
What is action verb?
The kind of verb that "grabs" is in the line:
"She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinking I'm through (ooh)"
What is action verb?
The name of what's created with the /s/ sounds in bold italics in these lines:
"He’d have you all unravel at the sound of screams, but the revolution is coming"
What is alliteration?
"Take a Break" contains one of these when Hamilton mentions a famous Shakespearean play:
"I trust you’ll understand the reference to
Another Scottish tragedy without my having to cite the source
Yes, I’m Macbeth, and ambition is my folly"
What is an allusion?
The kind of sound device used in bold here:
"Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain"
What is onomatopoeia?
The type of verb used in this sentence:
I’m helpless.
What is linking verb?
The definition of a verb
What is a word that does an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb?
The kind of figurative language used in this line:
"He’d have you all unravel at the sound of screams, but the revolution is coming"
What is personification?
"Legacy is defined by those who tell your story" would make a great one of these for the musical Hamilton...
What is a theme statement?
The kind of sound device used in bold here:
"She grabs you by the arm, I'm thinking I'm through (ooh)"
What is alliteration?
These 8 verbs can do three of the four parts of the definition of a verb.
What are "am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been?"
The kind of verb "have" is in this line: I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight.
What is a helping verb?
The kind of figurative language used in this line by King George III: "They’re playing a dangerous game."
What is metaphor?
The kind of sentence complement used in this line from the opening song "Alexander Hamilton":
"I am Alexander Hamilton."
What is a predicate nominative?
The kind of sound device used in bold here:
"Grab a sister and whisper"
What is consonance?
This kind of verb is required in order to have a predicate nominative or predicate adjective.
What is a linking verb?
The part of speech of the word "never" in this line:
"I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight"
What is an adverb?
The kind of figurative language used in this bolded line from "Satisfied": "
"It's the feeling of freedom, of seeing the light It's Ben Franklin with a key and a kite"
What is allusion?
The kind of sentence complement used in this line: "I'm helpless."
What is a predicate adjective?
The sound device used in these lines from "Satisfied" marked in bold:
"The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes
Everything we said in total agreement
It's a dream and it's a bit a dance
A bit of a posture, it's a bit of a stance"
What is consonance?
The kind of verb highlighted in bold in this line from "Satisfied":
"Where are you taking me?"
What is a helping verb?
The kind of verb "were" is in this line:
"We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night"
What is a state of being verb?
The kind of figurative language used in bold in this line sung by A. Ham in "Farmer Refuted":
"Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us, honestly you shouldn’t even talk."
What is personification?
Could also be: What is metaphor? (if you could explain how chaos and bloodshed are being compared to haunting ghosts).
This sentence actually has three of these sentence complements:
"I'm a polymath, a pain in the a$$, a massive pain."
What are predicate nominatives?
DOUBLE POINTS QUESTION (but not a sound device question) You can earn 500 for getting one of them and 1000 for getting both!
The two different kinds of figurative language used in the bolded words from this line from "Helpless":
"Oh, look at those eyes, oh (look into your eyes, and the sky's the limit)"
What is idiom and metaphor?
Hyperbole is also an acceptable answer if you can explain how that is an exaggeration...