Answer:
Updike has carefully brought the meaning to the poem and to the character by naming him Flick, which means a quick and sudden movement.
Explanation:
'Ex-Basketball Player' is a poem written by John Updike. The poem is about a character named 'Flick Webb' who used to be basketball star in his high school but now serves as a gas station attendant.
<u>The poem brings the meaning that one should not remain the past glory of life and must move on</u>. Flick used to be a basketball star in his high school but after that moment of life gets over he is just 'Flick' who, now, should think of life ahead of him. But he remains stick to his past glory.
"Flick' means a <u>quick and sudden movement</u>. By naming the character 'Flick', Updike brings out the message that life goes on in a flick moment of time and thus one should remain prepared for it. But, in the poem, 'Flick' was not prepared for life ahead and remained a slave of past glory as an 'Ex-Basketball Player.' Because 'Flick' perceived that his glory will remain forever, he never learned other skills to help him for his future, that's why now he serves as a gas station attendant.
1. study
2. is known
3. will still be
4. decide to buy
5. knew
6. would not have gotten
7. must choose
8. would never have occured
9. became
10. will be produced
11. will be
12. is
Revising
prewriting is just getting basic ideas down/planning
drafting is turning those ideas into sentences and paragraphs making your rough draft
editing is major changes such as rearranging, adding, or deleting sentences
revising is small changes such as grammar or spelling
It in fact, is C. He used imagery to present the subject.
C. a repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme
