Lit Devices
Super Bowl
Hodge Podge
Half Time
Argument Writing
100

My fingers are so dirty from this bag of Cheeto's it's like I'm wearing orange mittens.

What is a simile?

100

Travis Kelce's team

Who are the Kansa City Chiefs?

100

This is the capital of NY State

What is Albany?

100

This artist will be performing at the Super Bowl half time show this weekend.

Who is Usher

100

What style of writing is a blog set in?  

Academic or conversational?

conversational

200

J-E-T-S, J-E-T-S, 

Jets! Jets! Jets!

is an example of this literary device.

What is Repetition?

200

The 2 teams participating this weekend in the Super Bowl

Who are San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs

200

How many nouns are in this sentence?

I like to move it, move it.

1

200

Name any three artists who preformed at the Hip Hop Halftime Show.

Who are Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, Anderson .Paak?

200

What audience should is the argument for getting your own car aimed at?

Your parents

300

The Niners are going to stomp the Chiefs.  Mahomes is dead

What is hyperbole

300

An NFL football quarter is this many minutes long

What is 15?

300

The Song Exploder episode we listened to was about which band?

Who are The Postal Service?


Bonus question for an extra 300 points. What was the other band that Ms. Gehret said she liked and why she ended up listening to the Postal Service?

300

The left shark started running amok during the halftime show of the 2015 Super Bowl while this pop star sang.

Who is Katy Perry?

300

The acronym TLDR stands for what?

Too Long Didn't Read

400

The QBs jersey screamed at the defense to be sacked.

What is Personification?

400

The city of sin is where the big game takes place this weekend

What is Las Vegas?

400

Welcome to Night Vale is what type of genre of podcast?

What is fiction?

400

"Wardrobe Malfunction" refers to a notorious incident at the 2004 Super Bowl and involved these two artists.

Who are Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson?

400

What is the name of the element of an argument where you give the strongest evidence against your case?

counter claim

500

The tailgater with the DTs looked over at his sandwich.  It smiled and said to him "Eat me."

What is anthropomorphism?

500

'Wide Right' is the lament of what NFL team that lost the super bowl with a failed field goal attempt in the last seconds of the game?

Who are the Buffalo Bills?

500

This 49er went to the University of Miami with Ms. Gehret.

Who is Frank Gore?

500

a Premier League half lasts this many minutes.

What is 45+ minutes?


for a second 500 points what does the + symbol next to the 45 in the answer above mean?

500

What are the 5 paragraphs/elements of writing an argument?

claim

reason to support 1

reason to support 2

counter claim and rebuttle

conclusion

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