Trashketball 3 Figurative Language
Rules of Trashketball1. Stay in your seats at all times.2. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the
answer to a question AND3. Write ONE response to the question on a
sheet of paper.4. All teams will hold up their answers.5. If you are correct, your team will get the
opportunity to shoot the correct response into the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line.
6. If the shot is made, the team gets extra-credit.
7. Shots will be made after ALL the questions have been answered.
2
You say that you are wronged--ah, well,I count that friendship poor, at bestA bauble, a mere bagatelle,That cannot stand so slight a test.
3
The terrier, down on the hearth,Twitches and barks in his sleep,Soft little foolish barks,More like a dream than a dog . . .
Answer
Metaphor: life is compared to a drink. The end of life is compared to the end of a drink, one with food particles in the bottom.
7
Gossiping on the country-side,Spring and the wandering breezes say,God has thrown Heaven open wideAnd let the thrushes out to-day.
8
Taking daughter’s boyfriend hostage
may have been a bit extreme,
But other fathers have done worse things
when their daughters were sixteen.
10
I heard a cry in the night,A thousand miles it came,It was quiet then it was louder,My name, my name, my name…