Metaphors as Descriptors: Runtime Error: Type Mismatch

[judifilksign]

hsifyppah, I heart, heart heart you!  My students were just plain not getting the difference between simile and metaphor, and persisted in confounding the two, with mix ups with symbols, to boot.

So, I brought in my copy of Steel Cage Match!  (Already, I knew my classes would be made of win.)

"You're a pricetag on a sticker; I'm an ebay auction bid" is the

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[peteralway]

I never metaphor I didn't like

[judifilksign]

Both golfing and the square of 2 are well-met.

[hsifyppah]

SQUEE! This makes me SO HAPPY. :D :D :D

[judifilksign]

Filk as an educational resource: not just for the "Tell-Tale Heart."

As for me, my favorite is "the wrong next block in Tetris."