Characters
This character was abandoned by his father on the small Caribbean island of Nevis.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This is the type of natural disaster that caused Hamilton to be sent to America.
What is a hurricane?
An object that takes on abstract significance or meaning is called a _________.
What is a symbol?
For full credit, identify the song, speaker, any rhyming words, and what type of rhymes (internal, end, or both):
"The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him / another immigrant coming up from the bottom" (p.17)
Song = "Alexander Hamilton"
Speaker = Aaron Burr
Rhyming words = "spot him" & "bottom"
Type of Rhymes = End rhymes
A handwritten war diary is an example of a __________ ___________.
This character is a wealthy daughter who is "Helpless" for bright young military officers.
Who is Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler?
What is bursar?
The following line contains an example of what kind of figurative language?
"I imagine death so much it feels just like a memory." (p.28)
What is a simile?
For full credit, identify the song, speaker, any rhyming words, and what type of rhymes (internal, end, or both):
"I may not live to see our glory / but I shall gladly join the fight / And when our children tell our story / They'll tell the story of tonight!" (p.35)Song = "The Story of Tonight"
Speaker = Hamilton, Lafayette, Laurens, Mulligan
Rhyming Words = "glory" & "story" + "fight" & "tonight"
Type of Rhymes = End
A biography written today about Albert Einstein's life would be an example of a _________ _________.
This character is upset that his beloved colonies are breaking the "arrangement" they had. He'll just have to kill them all I suppose!
Who is King George?
In the song "Right Hand Man", Washington chooses Hamilton to be his advisor over which other character?
Who is Aaron Burr?
A word that expresses a sound effect (ie, a clap of thunder or the snarl of a lion), is called an ____________________. (Bonus 100 points to correctly spell it!)
What is an onomatopoeia?
O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A
For full credit, identify the song, speaker, any rhyming words, and what type of rhymes (internal, end, or both):
"Oui oui, Mon Ami, je m'apelle Lafayette / The Lancelot of the Revolutionary set!"Song = "Aaron Burr, Sir"
Speaker = Lafayette
Rhyming Words = "oui" & "Ami" + "Lafayette" & "set"
Types of Rhymes = Both (Internal & End)
This is the name of the author of the Hamilton biography Lin-Manuel Miranda used as source material to create his musical.
Who is Ron Chernow?
This character dies at the end of the Revolutionary War. He was a close friend of Hamilton's and was strongly opposed to slavery.
Who is John Laurens?
The song "Satisfied" retells "Helpless" from Angelica Schuyler's perspective, and reveals what about her character?
What is that she also loved Hamilton?
The following line contains an example of what kind(s) of figurative language? (at least one)
"Death doesn't discriminate" (p.91)
100 = alliteration (repeated "d" sound at the beginning of each word)
200 = personification (inanimate "Death" given human power to not "discriminate")
For full credit, identify the song, speaker, any rhyming words, and what type of rhymes (internal, end, or both):
"I've been reading 'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine / so men say that I'm intense or I'm insane." (p.44)
Song = "The Schuyler Sisters"
Speaker = Angelica Schuyler
Rhyming Words = "Sense" & "intense" +
"Paine" & "insane"
Type of Rhymes = Both (Internal & End)
When an author alters history for the sake of making a piece of art more engaging, entertaining, or convenient for the narrative, it is called taking ___________ ___________.
What is artistic license?
This character is a tailor by trade and a spy for the Revolution. He also has one of the greatest rap names of all time.
Who is Hercules Mulligan?
This is the "code word" used by the Revolutionary army on the night of the Battle of Yorktown.
What is "Rochambeau"?
The following line contains an example of what kind of figurative language?
"Corruption's such an old song we can sing along in harmony" (p.137)
What is a metaphor? (Corruption is equated to an "old song" that everyone knows so well they can harmonize easily).
For full credit, identify the song, speaker, any rhyming words, and what type of rhymes (internal, end, or both):
"The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all / Lining up to put me up on a pedestal" (p.61)
Song = "Right Hand Man"
Speaker = George Washington
Rhyming Words = "venerated" & "veteran" & "men are all" & "pedestal"
Type of Rhyme = Both (Internal & End)
What are stressed syllables?