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Lit Lit: Sillyloquy

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By Harper Lewis Published 4 months ago Updated 4 months ago 1 min read
Lit Lit: Sillyloquy
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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!

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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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