Who's that Author?
Abdullah Ibrahim
Sound device?
"I struck the board and cried:
"No more! I will abroad!
What, shall I ever sigh and pine?
My lines and life are free!"
Open response
"You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You keep me happy
When skies are grey"
Metaphor
"I ate a big breakfast of eggs and toast, coffee and mushrooms and pie."
Commas and 'and' need to be fixed
Give a plausible definition for this word:
inconsolable
Unable to be calmed down
Who wrote the novel "The Giver"
Lois Lowry
Sound device?
"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain"
Assonance
"In my unbiased opinion, Apex Legends is the best video game ever made!"
Oxymoron
"Not one week ago I came to the following conclusion; I am really looking forward to summer!"
Needs a colon rather than a semicolon
Give a plausible definition for this word:
accreditation
the action or process of officially recognizing someone as having a particular status or being qualified to perform a particular activity
Who wrote the poem "Nothing's Changed"?
Tatumkhulu Afrika
Sound device?
"Ding-dong, the witch is dead!
Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead"
Alliteration on W and D sounds
"Gosh darn the whole fracking world and everything in it but you, Carlotta!"
Euphemism
"Who, are you calling skollie" Nines shouted - at Sandy - "not me! Thats who?"
No comma, use an exclamation point, unnecessary dashes, missing apostrophe, no question mark needed
Give a plausible definition for this word:
carcinogenicity
The ability to cause cancer
Who wrote the poem "The Day they Came For My House"
Don Mattera
Sound devices?
"How good was it?"
"Bro it's fire, totally lit fam, totes, no crumbs, I ain't cappin' fr"
Open response
"I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep"
Anaphora (repetition)
I was hungry therefore I went to the shop to get food where I saw a delicious looking pie and promptly decided to buy it.
I was hungry; therefore, I went to the shop to get food, where I saw a delicious looking pie and promptly decided to buy it.
Give a plausible definition for this word:
xenomicrobiology
The study of life forms on other planets
Who wrote the play "District Six The Musical"
David Kramer
Sound device? (listen to it)
"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds
Or bends with the remover to remove
Oh no, it is an ever-fixéd mark
And bends with the remover to remove"
Iambic pentameter
Rhythm
Rhyme
"Hollywood's latest film is rated 10/10 by Empire magazine."
Synechdoche
Name the following symbols:
% [ ) } \
< ^ $ @ !
& * ∑ ¥
∆ ≈ † ‰
˚ ± ‽
Percent, bracket, parenthesis, brace, backslash, less than, caret, dollar sign, at sign, exclamation point, ampersand, asterisk, sigma, yen sign, delta, approximately equal, dagger, per mille, apple logo, degree, approximately, interrobang
Give a plausible definition for this word:
psychopharmacology
The study of mental health medications