Vocabulary 1
Nervous or worried
anxious
A Bug went into his ear.
Bugs
Personification: Give a definition and an example.
When objects are given human qualities.
carried with difficulty
lugged
Bud's mother's full name was...
Angela Janet Caldwell
something that makes you feel sick
nauseating
She was Bud's first kiss.
Deza Malone
Similie: Give the definition and an example
When a writer compares two different objects using the words like or as.
lithe
slim, flexible, and graceful
The author of Bud, Not Buddy is...
Christopher Paul Curtis
Entangled
Knotted up or stuck
He shoved a pencil up Bud's nose.
Todd Amos
Metaphor: Give the definition and an example.
When the writer compares two different objects saying one object is the other.
commotion
a noisy disturbance
The name Bud's fake family called him at the mission was..
Clarence
begrudgingly
Herman E. Calloway boxed against this person who won a Golden Glove
Jordan "Snaggletooth" MacNevin
Hyperbole: Give the definition and an example.
A huge exaggeration.
walked proudly and confidently
strutted
The brand name of the pencil that went up Bud's nose was...
Ticonderoga
irritated into taking action
provoked
He went to live with a new family with daughters the same day Bud went to live with the Amoses.
Jerry
Onomatopoeia: Give the definition and an example.
Words that are an imitation of the actual sound
nonchalantly
casually and calmly
Ms. Hill got married and went to live in what city?
Chicago