Answer:
Josh Bell who is an eighth grader is the narrator of the novel (which is in verse). Josh loves basketball and so does his twin brother/best friend Jordan-JB. In the future they wish to play basketball professionally just like their dad did. Their dad was a famous basketball player back in his day, but he no longer plays due to patellar tendonitis. Things start to get heated when a new girl arrives at school. JB ends up falling for her and that tears apart the brothers' relationship. Many things happen between the two of them including the dad's health gets worse. Many different challenges are faced throughout this novel but in the end you will learn an important lesson
Explanation:
William Butler Yeats's poem "From the Antigone" was created as an adaptation of the Eros chorus from the play. The poem deals with many themes that occur in the play and Yeats says the there is nothing stronger than love in this world. In the end, the poem takes a turn for the worse as it speaks that fate and destiny are stronger than love, which is something that occurred to Antigone in the poem.
Answer:
Explanation:
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Answer:
The literary element that enhances the setting in the excerpt is option A. simile.
Explanation:
Simile is a figure of speech that compares two things of different kinds. It is used to make a more vivid description and give the reader a clearer picture of what the writer wants to transmit. An example in this excerpt: "the foam was like tumbling snow."
1. a lot of, many 2. a lot of, many 3. a lot 4. many 5. much, a lot of 6. a lot of