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This use of repetition helps us see how / shows us that / allows us to better understand how Junior...

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"I wish I were magical, but I am really just a poor-ass reservation kid living with his poor-ass family on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation."(why chicken means so much to me)
This quote is repetition because it keeps on using the word "poor-ass",and repetition is where a word or phrase repeats its self.

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"I was hot mad. Volcano mad. Tsunami mad."

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"After Oscar died, I was so depressed that I thought about crawling into a hole and disappearing forever."
This is hyperbole for he isn't actually going to do that and probably doesn't feel like it. He is making a exaggeration.

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"But I can’t blame my parents for our poverty because my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world would EXPLODE without them."

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"It was like his nerves were poking out three inches from his skin."

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i couldnt be mad at my parents, i would EXPLODE without them.

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"I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound, but nobody, no matter how much pain they’re in, can run that fast."

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"And let me tell you, that old, old, old, decrepit geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb."

This is a hyperbole because obviously the book isn't physically hitting his heart, but it shows us that he was very upset with the fact that their reservation couldn't afford new books.

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"my hopes and dreams floated up into a mushroom cloud"

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There is nothing better than a chicken leg when you haven’t eaten for (approximately) eighteen-and-a-half hours.
There are things better than chicken when you're starving therefore it's a hyperbole

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“Yeah, but you punched the alpha dog in the face,” she said. This is a metaphor because she compares Roger to an alpha dog without using like or as.

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"His heart is as strong and mean as a snake"
This is a simile because Rowdy's heart is compared to a snake using the word like

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"Of course, she was the most beautiful homeless woman who ever lived." This is hyperbole because he exaggerates to show his love for penelope

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"And let me tell you, that old, old, old, decrepit geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb."

This quote uses the repetition of "old" to describe how old the book really was, and allows us to understand how Junior feels really impacted by the lack of new materials on the reservation.

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he believes in staring so cold at me that I turn into a ice-covered ice cube with an icy filling.
He doesn't actually turn into an ice cube.

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"Book hit my heart"

The book didn't actually hit his heart he is just mad that the book is as old as his parents.

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"My mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world would EXPLODE without them."
This quote is a metaphor because it compares Junior's parents to suns without using like or as. This helps us better understand that Junior knows he can't blame his parents for their poverty because he would "explode" without them.

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"the world declared nuclear war on you"

The world can't declare something because that is a human action.

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"Force of a nuclear bomb"

This greatly exaggerates how upset he was that the books were as old as his parents.

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"I was hot mad. Volcano mad. Tsunami mad." Chapter 2

He is not literally a volcano or a tsunami. This is also sorta personification because Volcanos and Tsunamis can literally get mad, thats an emotion.

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"They were playing catch with me"
Revenge is my middle name.

This is an example of sensory details because they wouldn't be able to actually play catch with him but the author writing this helps us understand what was happening in the situation.

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" Revenge is my middle name" Chapter: 3

This is a hyperbole because his middle name isn't literally Revenge.

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"My hopes and dreams floated up in mushroom cloud"

He is exaggerating the effect the books had on him. Like his "hopes and dreams" have gone away.

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“I’m going to kill those b******s,” Rowdy said
He isn't actually going to kill them, he's just exaggerating.

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“I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound.” Chapter: Why Chickens Means So Much to Me.
This use of a hyperbole helps use better understand Juniors urge to leave this emotional dilemma where Oscar is suffering and to not have to look back.
-James Bourguignat

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"If those Andruss brothers punched a hole in the aquarium of my skull, I might have flooded the entire powwow.

This is hyperbole because obviously his head is not a aquarium, And it could not have gotten a hole in it, and it would not have flooded the powwow.

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" I was hot mad, volcano mad..."

this is hyperble because this cant really happen its just saying and how his thinking becuase he is so mad its like hes almost trying to compare how mad he is

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"(....) I turn into a ice-covered ice cube with an icy filling."
This is Hyperbole because he won't actually turn into a ice cube.

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"We are so disappointed," my mother said. "We are so disappointed in you," my father said.

The author repeated "We are so disappointed" to illustrate how his parents were upset he got suspended.

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"I'm going to kill those b*stards"

Rowdy wasn't literally planning on killing the triplets, but he says this to show how upset he was that they beat Junior up.

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" I was lying on the ground, holding my nuts as tenderly as a squirrel holds his nuts"
Chapter: Revenge is my middle name
This is a simile as he is comparing two things holding his nuts and how squirrels hold there nuts using as.

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"He was lying on his bed with red, watery, snotty eyes."

This sensory detail helps us imagine what the author's friend, Oscar looked like when he was sick.

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"That's about the worst thing you can do to an Indian Guy"

This is a hyperbole because there is many worse things that could be done, but it illustrates the extremity of Rowdy's revenge

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And the tribe of cartoonists.

And the tribe of chronic masturbators.

And the tribe of teenage boys.

And the tribe of small-town kids.

And the tribe of Pacific Northwesterners.

And the tribe of tortilla chips-and-salsa lovers.

And the tribe of poverty.

And the tribe of funeral-goers.

And the tribe of beloved sons.

And the tribe of boys who really missed their best friends.

This use of repetition helps us see how Junior views his identity through what "tribes" he belongs to

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"That's about the worst thing you can do to an Indian guy"
Revenge is my middle name

There is much worse things you could do to someone than shave off their hair and eye brows but because of the author saying this we can see that Rowdy doing this is a very harmful punishment.

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[Illustration of Mr.P]

Sherman Alexie drew out a picture of Mr.P to describe how he looks, and all of the weird aspect of him.

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"(....)I'm afraid of all the Indian's who aren't dancers and singers.Those rhythmless,talentless,tuneless Indians are most likely(.....)"
The author is trying to say that there less at stuff then other people.

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it seemed like i said i was flying to the moon. -Dean

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it seemed like i said i was flying to the moon. -Dean

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"Rowdy is the toughest kid on the rez. He is long and lean and strong like a snake."
this is a simile because he is compering Rowdy to a snake

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[Illustration of Mr.P]

Sherman Alexie includes many sarcastic comments in the drawing. Like "TRIED TO START A RESERVATION SHAKESPEARE THEATER COMPANY (failed miserably).

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"Honestly, Oscar was a better person then any human I had ever know."
This is a hyperbole for he isn't actually better than all the humans he had ever meet. He said Rowdy was.

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"it was like some kind of prison-work farm for our liberal, white, vegetarian, do-gooders and conservative, white missionary saviors
This is a simile as it uses "like or as" to communicate and to help the audience/reader understand how the teacher's home is like a prison to them

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"my hopes and dreams floated into a mushroom cloud."  chapter This use of a hyperbole helps us see how jr felt about his hopes and dreams. This helps us understand him better because it shows how the author uses hyperboyles.

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"He is long and lean and strong like a snake." (Chapter 3)

He is using like comparing him to a snake.

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"Hydromatic."
"Hydrocradon"
"Hydrocrack."
"Hydrodymatic"
ect

This quote is an example of repatition because, they brothers are using the same first part of the word over an over.

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"they dance like chickens."

this is a simile because he is saying that the people are dancing like chickens

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"I am a zero on the rez." (Chapter 3)

Zeros are numbers, he's not a number.

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" yep i have to admit that isosceles triangles make me feel hormonal"
this is hypeole because it probably isnt true

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A good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of god.
Why chicken means so much to me.

Chicken can't actually make someone believe in god for sure. The Author wrote this to exaggerate and show how good the chicken tastes.

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"it was a crazy-hot July day (102 degrees with 90 percent humitity)"

This is describing the weather to make you feel the hot day.

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James Bourguignat "One million miles north of Important and two billions miles west of happy".
Chapter: Because Geometry Is not a Country Somewhere Near France
This is a hyperbole because he is not really two billions miles west of happy nor one million miles north of important.

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"I turn into a ice-covered ice cube with an icy filling."

He doesn't really turn into a ice cube. He just says he does.

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this image is showing him comparing a chicken and  a native american from the Spokane Tribe when Sherman and Rowdy go to the powwow and they have chicken dance 

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“Then I’ll pick your nose, too,” Rowdy said.

“You’re my hero,” I said."
This is humor because Junior is joking that Rowdy is being a hero by offering to pick his nose.

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"Nothing
Nothing
Nothing"

This is repeating Nothing to explain how much Sherman wanted to help oscar.

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"But it's sort of this avalanche of ha-ha and ho-ho and hee-hee"

His laugh isn't literally an avalanche, but it determines how Junior enjoys when Rowdy laughs because it's so unusual

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It was like his nerves were poking out three inches from his skin.
why chicken is so important to me.

This is A simile because it says "like" and it is good that the author wrote this because we can understand the fear and how much pain the poor dog was in.

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"I HATED THAT SIGH! I WANTED TO PUNCH THAT SIGH IN THE FACE!"

signs dont have faces so you cant punch a sign in the face

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"I wanted to punch my dad in the face. I wanted to punch my dad in the nuse and make him bleed. I wanted to punch him in the eye and make him blind"

This is repeating what Sherman wanted to do , and how angry he was at his dad.

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"my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb. My hopes and dreams floated up in a mushroom cloud."
this helps us see that he's hurt about what happened

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"After high school my sister just froze"
Chapter: Because Geometry is not a Country Somewhere near France.
This is a hyperbole as she didn't actually freeze.

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"on the poor-ass Spokane Indian Reservation."
This is personification for he is calling the reservation "poor-ass" as you would a real living person.

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"I wanted to hate him for his weakness. I wanted to hate Dad and Mom for our pverty. I wanted to blame them for my sick dog"

This is repeating how much he hated his parents, by repeating what he blamed his parents for.

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In the image of Mr. P, is nose is comically large to determine the strangeness of his looks and how Junior views him.

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"I was hot mad. Volcano mad. Tsunami mad." this quote is showing how when his dog "Oscar" was about to die while being sick and suffering, Shermans father told him to bring the dog outside so he could end his pain and shoot and kill Oscar. when sherman is saying that quote he is saying that not meant to be taken seriously but using as a way to express how mad he was that his dog was going to get shot and killed.

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"I swear he understood me."

Dogs cant't understand english.

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"I think that chicken dancers are cool,because,well they dance like chickens.

This is a simile because he uses human chicken dancers as an example with the word Like.

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"It was like some kind of prison-work farm"

This is a simile because it uses like and compares the teachers living situations to a prison work farm.

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Honestly, Oscar was a better person than any human I had ever known.
WHy chicken means so much to me.

Oscar is a dog not a person and the author is saying that Oscar is great dog and is showing how much Oscar meant to junior.

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"It was like his nerves were poking out three inches from his skin."

This hyperbole helps us think about how much pain the authors friend, Oscar is in.

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If things didn’t get better soon, I was going to turn into one giant walking talking zit.

he wont actually be a zit its over exaggerated

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"But I can’t blame my parents for our poverty because my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world would EXPLODE without them."
this hyperbole shows how much Junior's family means to him and how he views the world through the lens of his family and socio-economic position