Show:
Man, It's Monday?
Terrific Tuesdays
What - Wednesday Already?
This is Thursday . . .
Fantastic Fridays!
100
It's so insane cause when it's going good, it's going great I'm Superman with the wind at his back, she's Lois Lane -Eminem
What is allusion?
100
There's a mother out there right now, About to have the next LeBron, Searchin' for a pot of gold like a leprechaun, -The Game
What is allusion AND simile?
100
They exploit it and use me like a movie with product placement You hear the congregation; this is the hostile gospel The truth is hard to swallow it'll leave you scarred tomorrow -Talib Kweli
What is simile AND metaphor AND assonance (internal rhyme of vowel sounds)?
100
In the short story, "The Possibility of Evil", Mrs. Strangeworth is writing letters to tell people bad news about their family members - this bad news causes problems for everyone. The reader knows that Mrs. Strangeworth is writing the letters, but the characters in the story don't know this (until the end).
What is dramatic irony?
100
I guess he's an xbox and i'm more atari, But the way you play your game ain't fair. -Cee Lo Green
What is metaphor AND assonance (internal rhyme using vowel sounds)?
200
The flow is historic, they can't get rid of us; Ubiquitous, You pick with us, and we lay the law like Leviticus -Talib Kweli
What is allusions AND assonance (internal rhyme that uses vowel sounds)?
200
I am so glad that the elevator is stuck - it's always been a lifelong dream of mine to be locked in a small box with ten other strangers, with no way out.
What is verbal irony?
200
ring, ring, ring quiet y'all incoming call -2Pac
What is alliteration?
200
In the novel The Outsiders, Johnny and Ponyboy run away, because they have killed someone. The place they run to is a church.
What is situational irony AND symbolism?
200
Now Peter Piper picked peppers, and run rocked rhymes Now 50 Cent, I write a li'l bit but I . . . . -50 Cent
What is alliteration AND allusion?
300
In the short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter" Mary Maloney kills her husband, who was a police detective, but hitting him over the head with a leg of lamb. When police come to her house to investigate her husband's disappearance, she feeds them the leg of lamb.
What is dramatic irony AND situational irony?
300
“The crime pays little but the consequence is costly” -Jay Electronica
What is alliteration?
300
"I'm so ahead of my time, my parents haven't met me yet" -Big L
What is hyperbole?
300
Many years ago, when two armies were fighting a battle, if one side wanted to "give up" and stop fighting, they would wave a white flag so the other army could see it.
What is symbolism?
300
“The wind stood up and gave a shout He whistled on his fingers and Kicked the withered leaves about And thumped the branches with his hand” -James Stephens
What is personification?