Characters
Don Haskins
The phrase, "Shed your like a duck." is what type of figurative language?
Simile
What type of conflict is the following phrase, "We don't cotton to no uppity coloreds messing with our basketball."
Man V Man
What does the word drummed mean in the following sentence? "I don't hate to lose, I just like to win. My daddy always drummed it into me."
Told
Who did Texas Western lose to?
Seattle
Who has a heart disability?
What type of figurative language is this phrase, "Yeah, we have to pull you around like weight around are necks."
Idiom
The phrase, "I feel it's the right thing to do." is what type of conflict.
Man V Self
What does the word raucous mean in the following sentence? "The stands are jammed, and the crowd is raucous."
Loud
What team did Haskins coach.
Texas Western
Lattin
What type of figurative language is this phrase, "I could see playing one, but two or three that's like letting the animals out of the zoo."
Simile
The phrase "It changed because coach Rupp doesn't think you belong here simply because of the color of your skin." Is what type of conflict.
Man V Society
What does the word rattled mean in the following sentence? "Flourney is rattled."
Shocked/Upset
What were the players shocked by when the went in their room after winning a game?
There was animal blood everywhere, and their room was a mess.
Whose nickname was shadow?
Shed
The phrase, "That guy has nerves of steel." is what type of figurative language.
Metaphor
What type of conflict is the following phrase, "Shed suddenly unloads a vicious right hook, dropping the Kansas giant."
Man V Man
What does the word rants mean in the following sentence? "The official calls a foul on Bobby Joe. Haskins rants."
What was the home team of Texas Western?
Who was called farm boy?
Armstrong
The phrase, "Brother, you can't let the rules cramp your style." Is what type of figurative language?
Personification
What type of conflict is the following phrase, "He is a great coach. The greatest there ever was."
Man V Self
What does the word quotas mean in the following sentence? "Coach, there are rules unwritten rules. You know the quotas."
Agenda
What players did Haskins decide to play in the final game?
The black players