J.D. and the Great Barber Battle - Intermediate Flashcards
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In J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, how would the genre best be described?
Realistic Fiction
In J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, who is the main antagonist?
Henry, Jr.
what point of view does J. Dillard use?
First Person
In J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, which best describes the narrative conflict?
Character vs. Character
how many people live in the Jones’ household?
Six
how old did kids in the Jones’ family have to be to get their first haircut?
Nine
what was the nickname that J.D.’s mom had as a kid?
Cheetah
how did J.D. feel the night before his first day of third grade?
Nervous and unsure
when did J.D. and his family move in with his grandparents?
After his grandpa had a heart attack
who was the “big talker” in J.D.’s family?
Vanessa
what was J.D.’s grandpa’s job before he got into burial insurance?
He was running a local JcPenney
what figurative language did J. Dillard use when describing Henry Sr.?
Personification
how long has Henry Sr. “been cutting hair in the same spot”?
58 years
what figurative language was used to explain the “warm feeling” J.D. felt whenever he made his little brother happy?
Simile
what did J.D. compare Jordan’s hair to using a metaphor?
A jagged pile of mess
what was the starting price of J.D.’s haircuts?
3
what position did J.D. play on his peewee football team?
Linebacker
how did J.D. sleep the night before the competition?
Like a baby
what best describes the tone of the author’s tone when he wrote, “Shouldn’t an award-winning barber make more than three bucks?”
Sarcastic
what did J.D’s mom say never stops the Joneses?
Nerves
what word did J.D. cut into his final model’s hair?
Winner
what was the only thing J.D. didn’t like about his first day at Hart and Son?
That it felt like work
what did J.D. say Jessyka looked like with her hair twisted?
A grown-up warrior
what did J.D.’s grandma think he and his friends where using the bedsheets for?
As capes
