Poetry
This comparison can be simple or complex, but it definitely does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
This food, usually served at breakfast, can be cooked in a variety of ways, but it definitely needs a beaten egg to begin.
What is an omelette?
He wasn't the first drummer for the band, but he's most well known for it.
Who is Ringo Starr?
These are the starting and ending years of the Civil War in the U.S.
What are 1861 and 1865?
Director Robert Zemeckis sent Marty McFly zooming around in this 1985 science fiction hit.
What is Back to the Future?
Walt Whitman famously described the poetry of this fellow American as "a propensity toward nocturnal themes, a demoniac undertone behind every page."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
The specific number found on the side of a Heinz ketchup bottle.
What is 57?
The Beatles were already popular in the U.S. though they did not make the trip over until this year.
What is 1964?
Primarily based on one man's conquests, these wars lasted from 1803 until 1815.
What are the Napoleonic Wars?
Sometimes cited as the greatest movie of the 1980s, this black-and-white movie was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Robert DeNiro as boxer Jake LaMotta.
What is Raging Bull?
The National Museum of African-American History and Culture features a quote engraved in a wall from "I, Too," a classic poem by this leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
It was 1907 when Milton Hershey added this to his Hershey's company.
What are Hershey's Kisses?
He's not lost to obscurity, but he was the band's first drummer.
Who is Pete Best?
This abolitionist was born in Connecticut in 1800 and hanged for treason in Virginia in 1859.
Who is John Brown?
This 1982 film had Harrison Ford tracking down four replicants in a futuristic America.
What is Blade Runner?
This is an audible pause internal to a line, usually in the middle of it.
What is a caesura?
It wasn't in the Pacific where Hawaiian pizza was first invented. Instead, it was this country.
What is Canada?
This song was the single that told fans, “Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.”
What is "Strawberry Fields Forever"?
This man began the century by taking the throne in 1801 in what is now Russia.
Who is Alexander I?
The plot for this movie has teenager Nancy Thompson uncovering the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove.
What is A Nightmare on Elm Street?
This refers to a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole, e.g. “wheels” for “car.”
What is synecdoche?
The kind of fruit was known as the "appel of paradis" in the Middle Ages.
What is a banana?
The Beatles made a few movies, but this was their first.
What is A Hard Day's Night?
Shot in the back by Jack McCall in 1876, rumors to this day claim this man's poker hand consisted of black Aces and Eights.
Who is Wild Bill Hickok?
This director was a staple of the decade as he made hits such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Home Alone, and Pretty in Pink.
Who is John Hughes?