People/Characters
This man wrote A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE in 1755, which utilized humor and satire to "define" common words.
Who was Samuel Johnson?
Marjane Satrapi wrote this graphic novel memoir about her experiences prior and after the Iranian Revolution
What is Persepolis?
Rebellion 1776 follows Elsbeth as she is navigating the smallpox crisis and the aftermath the Boston Siege; Washington successfully commandeered this area and fortified it with cannons; name it
What was Dorchester Heights?
The first rapper to win a grammy award.
Who is DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (the vocal duo consisting of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith)?
This use of figurative language that repeats a sound, often the first consonant
What is alliteration?
This colonel led the extraordinary effort of moving cannons over 150 miles of frozen rivers, snow-covered roads, and treacherous terrain. This operation allowed the Continental Army to threaten British positions and control key approaches to the city.
What was Henry Knox?!
This man wrote Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies (1542) to denounce the immoral activities of the Spanish conquistadors in Hispanola
Who was Bartolomé de Las Casas?
This man was a religious leader, leader of the Iranian Revolution, and is an enemy of the Shah. He snuck in cassette tapes to spread his beliefs.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Skelly's favorite rap group?
What is Wu-tang?
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," the narrator Montresor deceptively replies to Fortunato's toast by saying, "And I to your long life."This is an example of what?
Irony (Dramatic and Verbal)
The names of the two main characters in the fictional novel we read about a Taino family that ends with the protagonist meeting Columbus.
Who were Morning Girl and Star boy?
This poet is often considered to be the first Black person to have their works published in America
Who was Phillis Wheatley?
This event in Iran, in September of 1978, when different government forces attacked and fired on demonstrators/protesters came to be known as...
What is Black Friday?
Skelly the actors that played this Marvel Super Hero.
Who is Spider-man?
the figurative language device when something non-human is given human-like qualities
What is personification?
This character had a serious case of Gout
Who was Judge Bellingham?
The people who first met Columbus lived in the keys. They called themselves Lucayo, meaning “people of the keys." Overachingly they are referred to as this indigenous nation?
Who are the Taino people?
This man published a dictionary in 1806 and spelling book that "Americanized" the English language. Some of the changes included Colour vs. Color, Behaviour vs. Behavior, Favour vs. Favor, etc.
Who was Noah Webster?
Skelly has how many siblings?
7!
a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye." from Tell-Tale Heart is an example of what figurative language device?
What is a simile?
This person is widely considered the founder and primary philosophical voice of the Transcendentalist movement.
Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Author of "Civil Disobedience" and Walden
Who was Henry David Thoreau?
In 1953, British intelligence (MI6) and the American CIA launched ( ) which was a secret operation, designed to influence political events without public acknowledgment. it led to the removal of democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq. Name the operation
What was operation Ajax?
Skelly fell on the ice earlier this year and did not....
Spill his coffee! not a single drop!
This figurative language is an extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?