Names
What is the protagonist’s name?
Josh Bell
Which basketball star does JB “stalk” aka love most?
Michael Jordan
What is the basketball move where player moves ball from one hand to the other?
crossover
What figurative language is "On the next play I switch it up and launch a three from downtown."?
Metaphor
What is the author’s name?
Kwame Alexander
What does Josh inherit from his father?
Championship ring
Which word describes Alexis, and means physically attractive?
pulchritudinous
What is connotation?
Pos/neg feelings associated with certain words or places
What is Miss Sweet Tea’s actual name?
Alexis
What form of poetry is the book written in?
free verse (mostly)
What is the interruption of a bond, a person no longer close?
estranged
Quote any figure of speech from the book you remember and identify it.
Correct
What is the name of JB and Josh’s best friend?
Vondie
How many free throws does Josh make in the last poem?
49 (JB makes #50)
pouring forth in great quantity, like the blood from Chuck’s nose
profusely
In the Metaphor "See, when I play ball, / I'm on fire" from the poem Dribbling, what is being compared to what?
Josh to Fire
Which nickname does Miss Sweet Tea have for her boyfriend?
Precious
How is the book organized internally?
based on basketball game / in 4 quarters
giving human characteristics to non human things
personification
In the simile "Mom says, your dad's old school like an ol' Chevette. You're fresh and new like a red Corvette. What is mom trying to say
That dad is old and Josh is young
What is name of the blood pressure issue Chuck has?
hypertension
What Josh's mother's real name?
Crystal Stanley-Bell
Compares two unlike things using like or as
Simile
In the simile "Dad steals the ball like a thief in the night" what is being compared to what and what does this show us?
Dad is being compared to a thief and it shows us that dad was very quick with taking the ball.
Which musician inspired the nickname Filthy McNasty?
Horace Silver
What is Josh's Mothers job?
principle
occurs if blood flow to an area of the heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies
myocardial infarction
In the metaphor "My stomach is a roller coaster" what is being compared to what?
Josh's stomach to a roller coaster