Names
Book & Plot Facts
Vocabulary Poems
ELA TERMS
25

What is the protagonist's name?

Josh Bell

25

Which basketball star does JB "stalk" aka love most?

Michael Jordan

25

What is the basketball move where player moves ball from one hand to the other?

Crossover

25

What do you call the figurative language that gives human traits to objects?

Personification

25

What is the author's name?

Kwame Alexander

25

What does Josh inherit from his father?

Championship ring

25

What is the interruption of a bond, a person no longer close?

estranged

25

Which figurative language makes a comparison using like or as?

simile

50

What is the name of the blood pressure issue Chuck has?

Hypertension

50

What is one of the main conflicts?

Josh has a conflict with JB.

character Vs. character

50

What word means having a bad temper, difficult to work with?

churlish

50

Which term describes an author's attitude?

tone

75

What musician inspired the nickname Filthy McNasty?

Horace Mann

75

When and where does a double climax happen?

Wildcats winning at the championship game/ Dad dying in hospital

75

An unexpected, undesirable event.

Calamity

75

What is a "paragraph"" of a poem called?

Stanza

100

What is the name of the Japanese form of poetry Josh uses to describe English class?

Tanka

100

What is the theme of this book in regards to loss in life?

Loss is inevitable..but true champions dance through it.

100

Pouring forth in great quantity.

profusely

100

What is connotation?

Positive/Negative feeling associated with the word.

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