Question 1

While Scott is trying to write as a sports reporter, he says, "Block that kick. Block that kick. Block that writer." What is he referring to?

Accepted Answer

writer's block

Answer

soccer

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cheerleading

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football

Question 2

The Spanish teacher's last name is De Gaulle. (Which is French.) What literary device is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

irony

Answer

idiom

Answer

personification

Answer

simile

Question 3

Ch 10 Scott's books are piled on the floor and the shelves are dismantled. What doers this symbolize to Scott. (p77)

Accepted Answer

-everything is changing

Answer

-everyone is way to busy to notice Scott

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-he is moving rooms

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-they are moving

Question 4

Scott refers to Mr. Franka's class where they are writing a stream of consciousness. Scott refers to it as ___.

Accepted Answer

vomiting the contents of his mind onto a page

Answer

a brain void of ideas

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screaming into a pillow

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screaming into the wind

Question 5

Scott gets the idea of writing his article in "Couplets." (p112) What is a couplet?

Accepted Answer

two lines that rhyme

Answer

free verse

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a poem about a couple

Answer

rhymes

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