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Trashketball 2Figurative Language
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Rules of TrashketballStay in your seats at all times.You will
have 30-60 seconds to discuss the answer to a question ANDWrite ONE
response to the question on a sheet of paper.All teams will hold up
their answers.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.If the shot is made, the team gets
extra-credit. Shots will be made after ALL the questions have been
answered.
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1Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, fields belov'd in
vain!
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Answer
Personification: The hills are described as happy.
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2Amid young flowers and tender grass Thy endless infancy shalt
pass;
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AnswerHyperbole: Their infancy is described as endless, when it
surely must end.
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3I reeled and shivered earthward like a feather.
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AnswerSimile: The speaker compared the way he fell to a
feather.
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4He is a pearl within an oyster shell. One of the richest of the
deep;
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AnswerMetaphor: He is compared to a pearl without using the word
like or as.
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5It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a
maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of Annabel Lee;-And
this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be
loved by me.
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AnswerHyperbole: The speaker claims that this woman lived with
no other thought than to love and be loved by him, but that must be
an exaggeration.
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6Love is a pie that must cool upon a shelfbefore it is taken to
market.
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AnswerMetaphor: love is compared to a pie without using the word
like or as.
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7The moon slides down the stair To see who's there.
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AnswerPersonification: The moon is given the ability to slide
and to see.
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The sun flashing down on a gray-white sail Like a scimitar from
its sheath.
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AnswerSimile: The sun is compared to a scimitar or sword using
the word like.
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9He spent his paycheck on lottery tickets butwinning the jackpot
isnt the most likely occurrence.
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AnswerUnderstatement: Winning the lottery is almost impossible,
not just an unlikely occurrence.
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10What time the sun divorced the day; And all the shadows,
glooming gray, Proclaimed the sadness of the hour.
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AnswerPersonification: The sun is given the ability to divorce.
The shadows are given the ability to proclaim.
