Vocabulary Chart- While reading the entire novel, find 7 words that are used purposefully to add meaning or draw attention to an event. The first one has been started for you and will be a part of our lessons on 1/29. Please be sure to watch the recording posted on Message Boards for additional details if you did not attend.
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
| Word | Page Number | Definition |
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Palindrome | 4 | A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards |
| Swish | 15 | To move with a sibilant sound, as of silk rubbing against itself |
| Rumble | 28 | A continuing deep, resonant sound |
| Lurking | 42 | To lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush |
| Avalanche | 57 | A large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward |
| Glistening | 72 | Shining with a wavering light |
| Adversity | 89 | Difficulties, misfortune |
i also need a quote for each from the book
| Word | Page Number | Definition | Quote |
|------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Palindrome | 4 | A word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards | "My name is Josh Bell. Me and my twin brother Jordan are wizards on the court." |
| Swish | 15 | To move with a sibilant sound, as of silk rubbing against itself | "So I pound the rock to the floor and shoot an easy layup that swishes through the net." |
| Rumble | 28 | A continuing deep, resonant sound | "The refs are supposed to break it up, so we keep on rumbling, wrestling, but nobody's listening." |
| Lurking | 42 | To lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush | "Pooling on the concrete like dice hiding from the back of the wooden cupboard." |
| Avalanche | 57 | A large mass of snow, ice, etc., detached from a mountain slope and sliding or falling suddenly downward | "Avalanche time, then the coach put me in as the point." |
| Glistening | 72 | Shining with a wavering light | "He's smiling, his mouth as gold as crisp apple slices, his eyes glistening like diamond embedded in chocolate." |
| Adversity | 89 | Difficulties, misfortune | "I never said it would be easy, I said it would be worth it." |