Knots In My Yo-Yo String

19. A wise teacher or advisor who offers guidance and support is a scholastic.

16. The author tries to convince the reader to do something or to agree with him or her. This is to ________.

2. Which detail does the author use to show his determination to succeed as a writer?

20. To have something taken away or denied is deprived.

3. "I known who the culprit was and confronted him or her in the kitchen." What is a culprit?

What is the author's purpose for writing this story?

17. When the author writes something for a reader's enjoyment. This is to __________.

9. What is the Genre of "Knots In My Yo-Yo String"?

7. What did it mean that Norristown fans "grimly awaited the inevitable?

11. By the time Jerry Spinelli went off to college, he knew that he wanted to........

5. Why does the author start his poem at the end of the football game and not the beginning?

14. To support his main purpose, the author uses

4. How can you tell that the chicken bone tale is written from the point of view of a child?

18. A person guilty of misdeed or crime is a culprit.

15. The author gives true factual information about a topic. This is to _________.

12. How did the incident of the chicken bones help the author's writing?

13. What does Jerry Spinelli say that he uses to write stories?

10. In the poem "Goal To Go," the coach urges the team to crash the Hall of Fame. What is the coach telling the team?

8. The story stated, "I replayed the miraculous Eagle goal-line defense in my head." What does miraculous mean?

6. What was the name of the two football teams that played each other?