Kimberly’s Reviews > 101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher > Status Update

"I mean, you guys have gotten really close. You're a team. Like Laurel and Hardy. Abbott and Costello. Tom and Jerry. Ben and Jerry. Oh, wait - they broke up
Now they're just an ice cream."

Vocabulary
Soporific - adj. Tending to induce drowsiness.

The author had a missed opportunity when they made a joke about being quiet. "Mum as a tombstone." I would not say to change the word mum to the French word m'ere but instead of tombstone they could have mentioned Egyptian burial techniques.

"I used the same three categories I created while researching 101 ways to bug your parents: Duds, Dynamos, and Disasters. Duds caused teachers to nearly frown, flinch, or ignore me. Dynamos provoked them to sputter, stutter, or send me into the hall. (...) Disasters, such as getting suspended or expelled, had to be avoided at all costs."

Hyperbole
"Scream like that again and I will ground you until you are 64."

"Plus maybe it was her Squint or something, but she had a way of looking at you that dared you to earn her friendship. And when you did, you knew she was worth it - because so were you."

I love alliteration. "He gets the hiccups whenever he's fidgety, frightened, frustrated, flustered, or flummoxed. ( Frequently, he feels all five.)"