1. Trashketball 2
Figurative Language

2. Rules of Trashketball Stay in your seats at all times.
You will have seconds to discuss the answer to a question AND
Write 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.

3. Possible Answers
Idiom - an expression having a special meaning different from the usual (literal) meanings of the words
Adage - a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth
Proverb - stating a general truth or piece of advice
Similes - a comparison of two things using like or as
Metaphors - a direct comparison of two different things

4. 1
Rub someone the wrong way

5. Answer
Idiom - - meaning to annoy or bother someone

6. 2
Actions speak louder than words

7. Answer
Proverb: they way you act is more important than what you say.

8. 4
He is a pearl within an oyster shell. One of the richest of the deep;

9. Answer
Metaphor: He is compared to a pearl without using the word “like” or “as.”

10. 5
My teacher is an angry bear.

11. Answer
Metaphor: teacher is compared to an angry bear without using the word “like” or “as.”

12. 6
Sick as a dog

13. Answer
Idiom - means you are very ill

14. 7
The sun flashing down on a gray-white sail like a shiny sword from its sheath.

15. Answer
Simile: The sun is compared to sword using the word “like.”

16. 8
A chip on your shoulder

17. Answer
Idiom - means you are holding a grudge

18. 9
Absence makes the heart grow fonder

19. Answer
Proverb – being away from someone makes you miss and appreciate them.

20. 10
It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

21. Answer
Proverb – it is better to have love than not at all

22. 11
Don’t put the cart before the horse

23. Answer
Adage/Proverb – put first things first – take one step at a time