1/24 BW "The Crossover" (HMH)

To be completely occupied or engaged by something:

• Personified

• Consumed

• Flaunted

• Paraphrased

Giving human qualities and/or characteristics to something that is not human:

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Something that is extraordinary is _________.

• Phenomenal

• Paraphrased

• Inferred

• Conflicted

To display something in order to attract attention:

• Phenomenal

• Extraordinary

• Flaunt

• Brag

To make a direct comparison between two unlike things:

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

"Filthy McNasty is my claim to fame.

Folks call me that

’cause my game’s acclaimed,

so downright dirty, it’ll put you to shame" (lines 2-5).

The lines above help the reader understand that Filthy felt like he was _____________.

(Use your vocabulary words to answer this question.)

_________ was consumed with basketball.

Josh or J.B.

"Your game so sweet, it’s a crêpes suzette" (line 21).

This is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole