Whaaat???
What do the people upstairs practice?
Ballet
‘I would love the people who lived upstairs more, only if they lived on another floor’ Explain
The poet is so frustrated with the noisy people upstairs, that he wishes he could like them more and feels it would be possible if they moved to another flat on another floor.
Ballet
A classical form of western dance
State the figure of speech:
Their living room is a bowling alley
Metaphor
Pick out the adverb and state its kind.
We shall go to see the new play tomorrow
Tomorrow - Adverb of Time
What leaks when they take a shower?
Ceilings
'They celebrate their weekends all week.' Explain
The people upstairs have guests on all days of the week, so just people have guests over and celebrate on weekends, it seems that the people upstairs have weekends throughout the week.
Bowling alley
A long narrow area used for an indoor ball game
Their bedroom is full of conducted tours.
Hyperbole
Pick out the adverb and state its kind.
There were seven children playing nosily in the house.
nosily - Adverb of Manner
What is it that makes all the noise?
Radio
They celebrate their weekends all the week’ Explain.
The people upstairs have guests on all days of the week, making it seem like it’s the weekend when people do have guests over and parties.
Upstairs
The floor above
They celebrate their weekends all week.
Alliteration
Pick out the adverb and state its kind. (Two)
Sarvesha, how do you manage so many classes?
How - Interrogative
So - Degree
What is it that they supply their guests with?
Pogo sticks
‘Their living room is a bowling alley’. Explain the figure of speech.
The figure of speech is metaphor. The poet implies that the house upstairs seems to be as noisy as a bowling alley.
Pogo Sticks
Sticks on which one bounces up and down
Supplying their guests with pogo sticks
Alliteration
Pick out the adverb and state its kind.
The audience was utterly frustrated with the delay.
Utterly - Degree
According to the poet, what do the people upstairs enjoy doing?
According to the poet, the people upstairs enjoy giving their guests noisy guided tours of their house, having parties and playing the radio loudly.
‘Their bedroom is full of conducted tours’ Explain.
There are so many guests in the home of the people upstairs and they keep moving around in the bedroom, that it seems they are conducting guided tours of their home.
abate
become less
They go to the bathroom on roller skates
Hyperbole
Pick out the adverb and state its kind. (Two)
I never said I would not come for the party.
Never - Frequency
Not - Negation