Trashketball 3Figurative 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.

1The soul selects her own society,Then shuts the door;On her divine majorityObtrude no more.

AnswerPersonification: The soul is given the

ability to select societies and shut doors.

2You 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.

AnswerMetaphor: He compares the friendship to

a bauble or bagatelle, a cheap trinket.

3The terrier, down on the hearth,Twitches and barks in his sleep,Soft little foolish barks,More like a dream than a dog . . .

AnswerSimile: The dog is compared to a dream

using the word “like.”

4Gazing at the apexstar configurationsred picnic blanketthe endless summer.

AnswerHyperbole: The summer is described as

endless, which is an exaggeration.

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Nor will a brave man choose to live when he,Full deeply drunk of life, has reached the dregs.

AnswerMetaphor: 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.

6As a white candleIn a holy place,So is the beautyOf an aged face.

AnswerSimile: an aged face was compared to a

white candle using the word “as.”

7Gossiping on the country-side,Spring and the wandering breezes say,God has thrown Heaven open wideAnd let the thrushes out to-day.

AnswerPersonification: Spring and the

wandering breezes are given the ability to talk.

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Taking daughter’s boyfriend hostagemay have been a bit extreme,But other fathers have done worse thingswhen their daughters were sixteen.

AnswerUnderstatement: Taking one’s daughter’s

boyfriend hostage is more than “a bit” extreme.

9Beautiful lie the dead;Like ships, the anchor dropped,In a deep water.

AnswerSimile: The dead are compared to ships

with anchors dropped.

10I heard a cry in the night,A thousand miles it came,It was quiet then it was louder,My name, my name, my name…

AnswerHyperbole: The speaker is exaggerating

how loud the call was.