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Literary language and devices
Graphic and structural elements and poetic forms
"Dear Mama"
"Holy Grail"
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"Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" Is an example of this term from your definitions
What is alliteration?
100
an exaggeration like " I'm starving to death!"
What is hyperbole?
100
the intentional end of a line of poetry
What is line break?
100
in the first hook of the song there are exaggerations or HYPERBOLES. Name them.
What is "stop holding your breath" "voices inside my head" "monster that's under my bed"
100
In verse 1, JT says "You take the clothes off my back and I let you" this is an example of what literary device
What is hyperbole?
200
"buzz" "boom" and "pow" are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
when the author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally "time is sand through an hourglass"
What is a metaphor?
200
a group of words repeated at key intervals in poetry
What is refrain?
200
In verse 1 there is an example of an idiom. Eminem says "Excuse me for wanting my cake and eat it too" what does that line mean?
What is "to want the best of both worlds or to want things both ways."
200
There is an example of a hyperbole in the third line of verse 1. What is it?
What is "you'd steal the food right out my mouth"?
300
two words or lines that end in the same sound like: "Once upon a time someone committed a crime"
What is rhyme?
300
giving non human things human qualities "The wind was whistling last night"
What is personification?
300
a poetic form that is written to be funny
What is humorous poetry?
300
In verse 2 there is an example of an onomatopoeia (the use of words that sound like what they mean). What is it?
What is "Yoda-loda-le-hee-hoo"
300
In verse 1 JT says "have my laundry in the streets dirty or clean give it up for fame" why does this mean?
What is the girl he loves would sell him out to be famous?
400
The repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds like: "The abanDoned birD founD a wiDe winDow"
What is Consonance?
400
comparing two things that are essentially different , using like or as "My love is like a red, red
What is a simile?
400
a poetic form that basically has "no rules"
What is free verse?
400
In verse 2, Eminem says " So I keep conjuring, sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from" What does the word "spawn" mean as it it used here?
What is come from or originate?
400
In the hook JT says "it's amazing I'm in this maze with you" What is a maze and what does he mean?
What is a puzzle or something complicated. He means he doesn't understand her motives or why he continues to stick around?
500
a rhyme within the same line of verse
What is internal rhyme?
500
the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions "The mountains are capped with white fluffy marshmallows. "
What is imagery?
500
a lyrical poem that consists of 14 lines
What is a sonnet?
500
Who do you think "the monster" is in this song? For Eminem who is "the monster"?
What is his Slim Shady alter ego who is different than who he really is. Even though Slim Shady is what made him famous?
500
"You're so unfair sipping from your cup til it runneth over, Holy Grail" What does this line mean? What is the "Holy Grail?"
What is she is using him for his fame to make her famous. The Holy Grail would be her becoming well known or famous too.
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