Who Said It?
"Here we go again."
Who is Bud?
"The only sound you could hear for a second was the keys cling-clang-clinging up against the metal dashboard..." is an example of this type of figurative language
What is onomatopoeia?
Bud goes on the lam or Bud goes to live with the Amoses
What is Bud goes to live with the Amoses?
the name of Herman E. Calloway's night club
What is the Log Cabin?
Bud's band name
What is Sleepy La Bone?
" ' I know you are, my daddy says families are the most important thing there is. That's why me and my momma are going to wait together for him to come back or write for us to come to him."
Who is Deza Malone?
"The idea that had started out as a teeny-weeny seed in a suitcase was now a mighty maple." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is metaphor?
Bud falls asleep under the tree or Bud falls asleep in Lefty's car
What is Bud falls asleep under the tree?
The city Bud lives in at the beginning of the novel
What is Flint, Michigan?
Bud's grandfather
" 'I like that 'my eyes don't cry no more.' You mind if I borrow that? That sounds like a great name for a song.' "
Who is Steady Eddie?
"I rolled down the window down just enough so that our words could get in and out but his hand couldn't." is an example of this type of figurative language
What is personification?
Bud shows Miss Thomas and Jimmy a picture of his mother or Bud gives his momma's rocks to Herman E. Calloway
What is Bud show Miss Thomas and Jimmy a picture of his mother?
where Bud finds the resources to calculate how long it takes to walk to Grand Rapids
the library
Bud's "brother" before they got separated by the train
Who is Bugs?
" '...but we agreed last night what we were going to do about that boy, and that's what we're sticking to.' "
Who is Miss Thomas?
"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds..." is an example of this type of figurative langauge
What is simile?
What is Steady Eddie gives Bud his old saxophone case?
the city where Herman E. Calloway, Miss Thomas, and the band members live
What is Grand Rapids?
he shoves a Ticonderaga pencil up Bud's nose
Who is Todd Amos? (or Toddy)
" 'A union is like a family, it's when a group of workers get together and try to make things better for themselves and their children.' "
Who is Lefty Lewis?
"...and a million boys and men broke for the train. I got pushed from behind and fell on top of my suitcase." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
Bud goes into the Log Cabin for the first time or Bud opens the box of union meeting fliers
Bud opens the box of union meeting fliers?
where Bud meets Deza Malone
What is the Hooverville?
the band member who encourages Bud to give Herman E. Calloway a big kiss on his head
Who is Thug?