Lit Lit: Sillyloquy
from the bard
I’ve decided to take next steps (and avoid copyright infringement) and call these word substitutions Lit Lit instead of the trademarked Mad Libs. I’m starting with a series of soliloquies, sillyloquies (if you will). This one takes one of Billy Shakes’s most-memorized passages (I had to recite it in high school).
This time, I’ve included examples in the list.
TEXTILE PATTERN
Example: plaid, paisley, gingham
2. ADJECTIVE
Example: gloomy, sticky, cursed
3. OCCUPATION
Example: plumber, pirate, accountant
4. BEVERAGE
Example: coffee, root beer, sloe gin fizz, kombucha
5. ADJECTIVE
Example: sticky, glamorous, suspicious
6. GERUND (-ING VERB)
Example: yodeling, tap-dancing, screaming
7. BODY PART
Example: elbow, pancreas, kneecap
8. EXCLAMATION
Example: alas!, yikes!, behold!
Rules:
1. Post your list in the comments, one for each part of speech requested. I will post a results piece with your list filled in to the original text, with a link to your profile.
2. Avoid being generic or mundane
3. Have fun!
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.
Intertextuality is my passion.
Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.
My words are mine, not a robot’s.
MA English literature, CofC
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