True Colors
The color of Zoey's best friend's hair in The Benefits of Being an Octopus.
What is pink?
This British band took over America in the early 1960's, and the Socs had haircuts like this the members of this band.
Who are The Beatles?
This woman is the author of The Outsiders.
Who is S.E. Hinton?
This literary device refers to the word for a comparison of two unlike things, using like or as. "as sly as a fox"
What is simile?
In Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," this biblical figure sinks to grief.
Who is Eden?
The color associated with the Capulets.
What is red?
This Harlem Renaissance trumpet player has a very distinctive voice.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This queen ruled during Shakespeare's lifetime.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
This literary device refers to the comparison of two unlike things (NOT using like or as). "Baby, you're a firework."
What is metaphor?
When discussing hills and challenges, we referenced this Greek tyrant who is punished for eternity by rolling a boulder up a hill.
Who is Sisyphus?
The name of a very dark black color, to which the raven is compared in "The Raven."
What is ebony?
The Greasers prefer the music of this artist.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This First Lady became a symbol of strength in the 1960's after she witnessed the murder of her president-husband.
Who is Jackie Kennedy?
This literary device refers to the little hints storytellers provide of what's to come later.
What is foreshadowing?
In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's best friend gives a speech about this magical fairy.
Who is Queen Mab?
This is the color of Cherry's eyes.
What is green?
Matt Hubbard from The Benefits of Being an Octopus plays this instrument.
What is the trumpet?
This influential writer from the Harlem Renaissance wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This literary device refers to the repetition of the beginning sounds of words close together. "While I nodded, nearly napping."
What is alliteration?
The raven is sitting upon the bust of this goddess.
Who is Pallas (or Athena)?
This is the color of the old man's eye in "The Tell-Tale Heart"
What is pale blue?
She is known as the "first lady of jazz."
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This blues-rock singer from the 60's was known for her intense stage presence and had massive hits like "Piece of My Heart," "Me and Bobby McGee," and "Cry Baby."
Who is Janis Joplin?
This refers to words in a sentence appearing in an irregular way. Speaks Yoda this way.
What is inverted syntax?
In "The Raven," the speaker says that the raven has come from the shores of this Roman god of the underworld.
Who is Pluto?