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WorksheetsWords from Context & Symbolism Joey Pigza Loses Control
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Then he reached under my shirt quick as a cat and ripped off my patch. “You are liberated,” he announced seriously. “You are your own man, in control of your own life—and free as a bird.”
To be set free
To be far apart
To be captured
To hide
Then he reached out and tousled my hair with his hand and I loved it. Loved it more than anything he had said..
to cut
to comb
to make untidy
to tie up
They didn’t twitch or wiggle. They didn’t wince when I told them stories about the fountains of blood squirting out of me like lawn sprinklers.
change color
fall off
a short sudden movement, flutter
to get hot
*Bonus* Joey says "I told them stories about the Fountains of Blood Squirting out of me like Lawn Sprinklers"
This description is a....
metaphor
idiom
simile
personification
“How long can you change light bulbs and mop floors before you go bonkers? That job would drive a normal man insane.” “Then you must be abnormal,” Grandma cracks.
deviating from what is usual
sane
tired
bored
By about the fourth inning Dad had gone ballistic, which by then I understood was easy to make him do.
to become very quiet
to go on a trip
fly into a rage of anger
missing
“He’s gone,” she said. “Everything that man does is a binge and now he’s on a thinking binge and he’s in love with each and every one of his big thoughts.
to be in control
a great idea
to do something to excess
to take a trip
The ump started toward the mound. “One more time-out,” he threatened, “and the kid is ejected.”
to lack dignity
to be allowed in
to explode
to be thrown out
Can you believe I was pulled over for driving erratically? I was dodging the holes and the cop thought I was drunk.
without a license
perfectly
slow and steady
unpredictable, irregular
But then he said, “Look at me. I’m a hypocrite. ‘Do as I say, don’t do as I do.’
someone who tells you what to do but does not act that way himself
someone who is very caring
someone who gets mad very easily
someone who likes to be center of attention
By then you’ll be a prospect and colleges will recruit you. Then you can go to Pitt here in town and pitch for the Panthers.
turn you away
enlist or enroll
awesome
handle
“Don’t question me, Joey,” Dad snapped. “I’m a little tense and I have no patience for your shenanigans.
silly behavior
moodiness
appropriate behavior
coughing
It was a good feeling to be hungry, and a better feeling as my belly got full as a new moon.
In this description the author is using.....
simile
personification
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
Me too he said. “When I sneak in at night I turn them on and just go whizzing around the floor
personfication
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
What type of symbolism is it when Joey's dad says "I'm nothing more that a teary-eyed busted up egg."
metaphor
personfiication
simile
onomatopoeia
When Joey's dad calls him a "Chip off the old Block" he is using a(n)
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
idiom
