Poetry
What do you call a comparison using like or as?
Simile
Who is Josh and JB's best friend?
Vondie
This jazz-inspired nickname was given to Josh Bell by his father after a track on Horace Silver's Paris Blues album.
What is Filthy McNasty?
Chuck Bell plays a record by this hard-bop jazz pianist to show Josh where his nickname came from.
Who is Horace Silver?
The wind whispered through the trees.
The backpack slumped onto the floor, completely exhausted from the school day.
What is personification.
How many stanzas are in this poem?
Josh Bell is my name.
But Filthy McNasty is my claim to fame.
Folks call me that
’cause my game’s acclaimed,
so downright dirty, it’ll put you to shame.
My hair is long, my height’s tall.
See, I’m the next Kevin Durant,
LeBron, and Chris Paul.
Remember the greats,
my dad likes to gloat:
I balled with Magic and the Goat.
But tricks are for kids, I reply.
Don’t need your pets
my games so fly.
2
JB accidentally cuts off ___ locks of hair from Josh's head.
Five
Josh considers these his trademark, describing them as "wings," until a lost bet with his brother leads to them being cut off.
What are dreadlocks (or locs)?
What is Chuck Bell's nickname?
Da Man
Simile or Hyperbole?
My school backpack is so heavy it has its own gravitational pull.
What is hyperbole.
Josh describes the Miss Sweet Tea as pulchritudinous. What does this word mean?
Beautiful or pretty
There is a simile on page 27. Write it.
I'm sneaky and silky as a snake.
Chuck "Da Man" Bell's professional basketball career was cut short by this knee condition because he refused to get surgery. (name the condition)
What is patellar tendonitis?
What is Dr. Bell's job?
Assistant principal
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
The kids were bouncing around like popcorn on a hot stove.
What is a simile.
Santa Claus was as quiet as a mouse as he climbed down the chimney on Christmas Eve.
Is this a simile or metaphor?
Simile
What do Josh and JB find inside the envelope marked private inside their parent's closet?
A letter that states Chuck Bell decided not to have surgery and may not be able to play basketball again.
According to Basketball Rule #1, "In this game of life, your family is the court, and the ball is your" this.
What is your heart?
Josh gives this moniker to Alexis, the new girl at school, after she offers JB a southern beverage.
What is Miss Sweet Tea?
Simile or Metaphor?
His car was a tin can rolling down a very rocky hill.
What is a metaphor.
How many lines are in this poem?
My beards goes to my toes,
I never wear no clothes,
I wrap my hair
Around my bare,
And down the road I goes.
5
Each night dad makes Josh and JB _______.
Each night mom makes Josh and JB _________.
shoot free throws and read.
Over the summer, while Josh attended three basketball camps, JB went to only one camp and spent the rest of his time at this location.
What is Bible school (or Bible camp)?
To manage Chuck Bell's hypertension, Dr. Crystal Bell bans salt and forces the family to eat a healthy dinner featuring pita and this chickpea dip. (p.97)
What is hummus?
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Her laugh was as bubbly as a freshly opened soda.
What is a simile.