Quarterback/ The Big Game

1. In lines 6-8, the poet uses figurative language to emphasize that the speaker -

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Answer explanation

Figurative language used:

Line 8: Now, I knew them by heart!

This is an idiom. We really don't know any one person's ACTUAL heart. On top of that, football plays don't have a "heart." LOL

2. Which line from poem BEST helps YOU picture how the speaker prepared for tryouts?

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Answer explanation

By memorizing the plays, the speaker is preparing for the game.

3. Lines 9-10 are important to poem because -

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Answer explanation

Line 9: My heart skipped a beat

Line 10: as I tried out.

This idiom means that he was NERVOUS!

This describes a FEELING!

4. The playwright (author of the play) includes the image and information to suggest that -

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Answer explanation

In paragraph 4:

Bob: [hands waving in the air] Jacob, I'm clear for the pass! Throw it! Throw it!

This shows that Bob was the one trying to catch the ball with his hands in the air like the image shows you.

5. How do Sam & Elliott contribute (give) to the PLOT of the play?

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Answer explanation

In paragraph 2, Jacob tells Sam & Elliott to tackle the linebackers and keep them off.

6. Which best explains why the team is gathered together at the BEGINNING of the drama?

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7. The character, Jacob, in the drama and the speaker in the poem both emphasize --

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Answer explanation

In the poem, the main character works hard to memorize plays.

In the drama, the team works hard at practice to prepare for the game.

8. With which statement would the playwright MOST LIKELY agree?

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Answer explanation

Both the kid in the poem and the team in the drama had a goal to succeed. In order to achieve their goal, they had to practice!!!

9. The poet & playwright probably intend (meant) for the reader to learn how to -

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Answer explanation

They both wanted you to learn this lesson!

10. What is one way the drama & poem are different?

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