Literary Devices
Glamorous Grammar
Vivacious Vocabulary
Literary
Potpourri
Sipleyisms
100
An exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
100
Ricky needed to run some errands, so he went to the store, the bank, and to the gas station.
What is parallelism?
100
A synonym of contradict.
What is refute?
100
The author of the theory of double consciousness
Who is WEB DuBois?
100
Playing in the Student/Faculty Basketball Game
What gives Mrs. Sipley tremendous anxiety?
200
A tale of growing up
What is a bildungsroman?
200
Angelique and Elena threw the ball to she.
What is a pronoun/antecedent error?
200
An antonym of competent.
What is inept?
200
A famous, ancient 100-line Poem that begins with a haiku
What is the Renga?
200
Come' on Betsy!
What does Mrs. Sipley say when the Smartboard doesn't work?
300
When one literary work references another
What is an allusion?
300
Brooke and Lorenzo's book are not on the shelf.
What is subject/verb agreement?
300
A synonym of fake.
What is an impostor?
300
He wrote Theme for English B and Harlem
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
Questions?, Suggestions?, Miscellaneous Comments?
What are the three closing comments of any class?
400
A long speech spoken alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
400
In the chefs pudding recipe, she puts way too much sugar.
What are plurals vs. possessives?
400
A synonym of withdraw.
What is to sequester?
400
The antagonists of Romeo and Juliet
Who are the Montague and Capulet families?
400
Your knowledge and your honor.
What are the two things you are being tested on today?
500
Rhyme scheme – ababcdcdefefgg
What is the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet? or What is the rhyme scheme of an Elizabethan or Shakespearean sonnet?
500
While singing a happy tune, Kristen's pen ran out of ink.
What is a dangling modifier?
500
A synonym of ardor.
What is zeal?
500
He wrote about human rights for prisoners
Who is Beccaria?
500
This builds character because it enhances our understanding of both physical and intellectual labor and valorizes neither.
What is moving furniture?
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