AP Lang
The official term for overstatement, or ridiculous exaggeration
ex. "She was a giant"
Hyperbole
Cool
Definition: On fire
Lit
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Spongebob Squarepants
"On Wednesday we wear pink"
Mean Girls
Don't wanna be a fool for you
Just another player in your game for two
You may hate me, but it ain't no lie
Baby bye bye bye
NSYNC
When apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Ex. "Jumbo shrimp" "Deafening silence"
Oxymoron
Amazing, the best
Definition: Farm animal
GOAT
"GIBBY"
iCarly
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"
Forrest Gump
Just a small town girl,
livin' in a lonely world
she took the midnight train goin' anywhere...
just a city boy,
born and raised in south detroithe
took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Journey
Words that sound like the person, animal, action, or event that the word describes
Ex. The rain plip-ploped and splattered on the driveway
Onomatopoeia
Bitter
Defnition: Having an abundance of sodium
Salty
In this show a young Ariana Grande rose to prominence portraying a singer
Victorious
"You got into Harvard Law?"
"What? Like, it's hard?"
Legally Blonde
Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more
Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)
When the first word or phrase starts a series of sentences or clauses in a row
ex. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
Anaphora
Cool, rad
Definition: Unwell
Sic
Josh Peck
Drake Bell
Miranda Cosgrove
Drake and Josh
"Nobody puts baby in the corner"
Dirty Dancing
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face.
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis
The Eagles
The parts represent the whole or vise versa
ex. "100 heads" instead of "100 people"
Synecdoche
Really cool
Definition: Something aflame moving in a linear fashion
Straight Fire
Best of both worlds
Hannah Montana
"Well Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?"
Silence of the Lambs
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello, how low
Hello, hello, hello
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
Nirvana