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Josh and JB are almost this age.
What is 13?
This sets him apart from his teammates and his brother. His favorite rappers have them and he comares them to wings that propel him on the basketball court.
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?
What is PHENOMENAL?
An exaggerated statement used to enhance the poem or story and give dramatic appeal.
What is HYPERBOLE?
Chuck Da Man Bell played for these two basketball leagues.
What is the NBA and Euroleague?
Josh speaks highly of his skills on the basketball court. He can be humble and cocky at the same time. Overall, Josh has a lot of this.
What is self-confidence?
This poem is a lyric poem of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner. It is also meant to be sung.
What is an ODE?
This word is related to anything in the tropics. The weather, food, etc...
What is TROPICAL?
What is sensory language?
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 anything related to our emotions.
What is emotional?
A figure of speech when a word or phrase is compared to a particular object or idea. (Ex: Time is money, Love is blind)
What is METAPHOR?
Who is Sweet Tea?
Josh feels he is losing himself in this particular poem and he sheds a tear of frustration and confusion because the only thing that he feels made him different is now gone. He compares how he feels to a type of math eqation.
What is MISSING?
Josh wrote this TYPE of poem as a tribute to his hair.
What is an ODE?
This word means anything related to education.
What is EDUCATIONAL?
When a writer or storyteller makes a comparison using like or as. Your smile is as bright as the golden sun.
What is 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 musician who recorded 'Filthy McNasty'.
Who is Horace Silver?
The poems on pages 14-15, 172, and page 204 are all these types of poems.
What is a list poem?
A word part (morpheme) added at the end of a word to form a new word.
What is a suffix?
I am as good as Kevin Durant and Chris Paul is an example of _________.
What is hyperbole?