Figurative Lang
Identify the figurative language used: "The nighttime streets were like freshly paved sorrow."
What is simile
What does the term "OG" stand for?
What is "original gangster"
How old is Will?
Who was Will's childhood best friend before she was killed at 8 years old in cross fire.
Dani
What floor does Will live on?
Floor 8
Identify the figurative language used: "Sleep ran from me for what seemed like forever."
What is PERSONIFICATION
What is passed down from Generation to Generation?
What is beef
Who taught Shawn the rules?
Who is Buck?
Why did Uncle Mark start selling rocks?
To buy a camera - he lost his first one
How many bullets are in the gun when Will checks it in the elevator?
15
Identify the figurative language in the italics: "I've seen girls waiting at the bus stop make men pitiful pieces of putty"
What is ALLITERATION
What do you tell the police when they ask questions?
What was Shawn getting from the store in the Dark Suns territory?
Eczema soap for his mom
What was left on Shawn when he was murdered?
His gold chain
Give the full name of the person Will knows killed Shawn.
Carlson Riggs
Write a simile comparing friendship to an object or a place: “Friendship is…”
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When Uncle Mark was selling rocks on the street corner, what is rocks a metaphor for?
What are drugs?
Name all 3 of The Rules
1 - No crying
2 - No snitching
3 - Always get revenge
Who was shot at a payphone?
Pops/Mikey
What did Will's mother say his father died from?
A broken heart
Personify a cell phone (think about something a phone does, now make it a human verb)
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What's another name for a Gun in the the book?
A cannon. A strap.
A piece. A biscuit.
A burner. A heater.
A chopper. A gat.
A hammer
A tool
What is Will and Shawn's last name?
Holloman
What is it called when you rearranging letters to make new words (canoe = ocean)
An ANAGRAM
Name the 3 reasons Will things he is correct about who killed Shawn.
1 - Turf
2 - Crime shows
3 - Had to be