Your literary input

If toilet seats can become folk art, then camp songs can be literature. What literary devices do you find in this popular camp song? Who is the protagonist, and what are his main characteristics? Who is the antagonist? What point is the author trying to make?

Late last night, when we were all in bed
Old Mother Leary left a lantern in the shed
And when the cow kicked it over, she winked her eye and said,
"There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight!"

(Bridge: Fire! Fire! Fire!)

Tutor the Tutor

As we all know, tutors (and teachers) do not have all the answers. This is my second semester as an English tutor, and my first semester tutoring English As A Second Language (ESL) students. Although English has always been my strongest subjects, I find myself unable to answer a lot of questions I have been asked lately. The problem is... I just don't remember the rules. I can tell a student that something is written a certain way, but I have no answer when they ask me why it is written that way. It has been so many years since I have learned all of the official terms and rules for English, so I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how I could re-learn these things so I can provide my students with the answers they seek. Maybe there is a place online that I can print out worksheets or something? Help me help them!