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Josh and JB are almost this age.
What is 13?
This sets Josh apart from his teammates and his brother. He compares them to wings that help him fly.
What are Josh's dreadlocks?
This type of poem gives us the pronunciation of the word, the word broken down into syllables and the part of speech.
What is a definition poem?
Josh does well in what subject at school?
What is English?
A type of figurative language that is an exageration.
What is a HYPERBOLE?
Chuck Da Man Bell played for this basketball league.
What is the Euroleague?
Josh speaks highly of his skills on the basketball court. Overall, Josh has a lot of this.
What is self-confidence?
This type of poem praises something.
What is an ODE?
Josh does not do well in this subject at school.
What is Math?
A type of figurative language that uses our five senses. (tastes like, smells like, looks like, etc.)
What is IMAGERY?
She is the Assistant Principal at Josh and JB's school.
Who is their mother?
Josh's nickname given to him by his Dad that he didn't like at first, but grew to accept.
What is Filthy McNasty?
These poems are providing "rules" that offer connections between basketball and life.
What are "Basketball Rules"?
This word means "pretty" in one of Josh's poems.
What is pulchritudinous?
A figure of speech when a word or phrase is compared to a particular object or idea without using "like" or "as". (Ex: Time is money, Love is blind)
What is a METAPHOR?
She wears pink Reeboks and jeans. JB is mesmerized with her.
Who is Sweet Tea?
Josh feels he has lost part of identity when this happens.
What happened when his locks were cut off?
Josh wrote this TYPE of poem as a tribute to his hair.
What is an ODE?
Josh needs to work on this basketball skill.
What is a free throw?
When a writer or storyteller makes a comparison using like or as. Your smile is as bright as the golden sun.
What is a SIMILE?
Josh and JB's teammate, mentioned a few times by Josh that assists him on the court.
Who is Vondie?
The name of the song that is Josh's nickname.
What is Filthy McNasty?
The poems on pages 14-15, 172, and page 204 are all these types of poems.
What is a list poem?
3 things about Josh and 3 different things about Jordan.
Josh: faster, dunker, 1 inch taller, focused on basketball, good at English, etc.
Jordan: better shooter, bald, likes Michael Jordan, interested in Miss Sweet Tea, likes making bets, etc.
I am as good as Kevin Durant and Chris Paul is an example of a _________ and a __________.
What is a simile and hyperbole?