Figurative language
What is personification?
Giving an object human life terms.
What does basketball rule #2 mean?
Work hard at anything even though it is challenging
What does allusion mean?
A passing or causal reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
how does filthy gets his name?
Funkiest song on the the silver’s Paris Blues album: filthy
What is tone similar to?
Mood
What is an example of simile?
If you got a sentence or a phrase that compares or constants and uses like or as.
What is the meaning of crossover?
A basketball move which the ball goes to one hand to the other very quickly
What is the term of something used for or regarded as repsenting something else?
Symbol
What is a rhyme scheme?
When rhymes follow a particular pattern
Which three of these categories can tone go in sound devices, figurative language, structure, voice and elements/devices?
Voice, sound devices and elements/devices
What is an oxymoron?
opposite of it’s literal meaning
What is the meaning of Mc nasty?
When your really good at basketball and you get a cool nickname for you
Can you give an example of irony?
A phrase of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. In a short term twist of humor
What is sound device?
Sounds in a poem that are used in different ways
What does tone represent?
Pitch, strength and source
What kind of figurative language is this?
I love this game like the winter loves snow even though I spent the final quarter in foul trouble.
Simlie
What is the meaning ode to my hair?
How valuable his hair it is to him
What can you imagery in this sentence?
when his last-second shot
tick
hits net,
tock
the clock stops.
The gym explodes.
Its hard bleachers empty
and my head aches.
Nervous or scared
What is similar to onomatopoe?
Onomatoperia
What does tone mean?
Any sound considered with reference to it’s quality, pitch, strength and source
Can you identify the metaphor in the quote from crossover?
“I'm the only kid on the team who can do that. The gym is a loud, crowded circus. My stomach is a roller coaster.”
My stomach is a roller coaster
What is the meaning of Pythagoras? (page 43)
Greek philosopher or a mathematician
What is the mood in this quote from crossover?
“I love this game like the winter loves snow even though I spent the final quarter in foul trouble on the bench. Jawas on fire and we won and I lost the bet.”
Sad
What is the alliteration and what letter is it?
Accident or not, you owe
your brother an apology, he tells him.
I'm sorry for cutting your filthy hair, Filthy, JB laughs.
Not so funny now, is it? I say,
I‘m sorry for cutting your hair filthy hair, Filthy, JB laughs. The letter is F.
What can tone have an effect on the story crossover?
There is no emotion so you can not tell what emotion is going on right now