Who's that Author?
Sound Devices
Literary Devices
Punctuation
Defintions
100
Who wrote the poem "Blues for District Six"

Abdullah Ibrahim

100

Sound device?

"I struck the board and cried:
"No more! I will abroad!
What, shall I ever sigh and pine?
My lines and life are free!"

Open response

100

"You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You keep me happy
When skies are grey"

Metaphor

100

"I ate a big breakfast of eggs and toast, coffee and mushrooms and pie."

Commas and 'and' need to be fixed

100

Give a plausible definition for this word:

inconsolable 

Unable to be calmed down

200

Who wrote the novel "The Giver"

Lois Lowry

200

Sound device?

"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain"

Assonance

200

"In my unbiased opinion, Apex Legends is the best video game ever made!"

Oxymoron

200

"Not one week ago I came to the following conclusion; I am really looking forward to summer!"

Needs a colon rather than a semicolon

200

Give a plausible definition for this word:

accreditation

the action or process of officially recognizing someone as having a particular status or being qualified to perform a particular activity

300

Who wrote the poem "Nothing's Changed"?

Tatumkhulu Afrika

300

Sound device?

"Ding-dong, the witch is dead!
Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead"

Alliteration on W and D sounds

300

"Gosh darn the whole fracking world and everything in it but you, Carlotta!"

Euphemism

300

"Who, are you calling skollie" Nines shouted - at Sandy - "not me! Thats who?"

No comma, use an exclamation point, unnecessary dashes, missing apostrophe, no question mark needed 

300

Give a plausible definition for this word:

carcinogenicity

The ability to cause cancer

400

Who wrote the poem "The Day they Came For My House"

Don Mattera

400

Sound devices?

"How good was it?"
"Bro it's fire, totally lit fam, totes, no crumbs, I ain't cappin' fr"

Open response

400

"I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep"

Anaphora (repetition)

400

I was hungry therefore I went to the shop to get food where I saw a delicious looking pie and promptly decided to buy it.

I was hungry; therefore, I went to the shop to get food, where I saw a delicious looking pie and promptly decided to buy it.

400

Give a plausible definition for this word:

xenomicrobiology

The study of life forms on other planets

500

Who wrote the play "District Six The Musical"

David Kramer

500

Sound device? (listen to it)

"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds
Or bends with the remover to remove
Oh no, it is an ever-fixéd mark
And bends with the remover to remove"

Iambic pentameter
Rhythm
Rhyme

500

"Hollywood's latest film is rated 10/10 by Empire magazine."

Synechdoche

500

Name the following symbols:
 

%  [  )  }  \
<  ^  $  @  !
&  *  ∑  ¥
∆  ≈  †  ‰
  ˚  ±  ‽


Percent, bracket, parenthesis, brace, backslash, less than, caret, dollar sign, at sign, exclamation point, ampersand, asterisk, sigma, yen sign, delta, approximately equal, dagger, per mille, apple logo, degree, approximately, interrobang

500

Give a plausible definition for this word:

psychopharmacology

The study of mental health medications