Excerpt from journal entry of jerome dunkin’ duncan
mary o’dell

now, don’t think i am exaggerating about yesterday. my ears are still ringing from the thunderous cheering of our silver fox fans. we closed our season with a two point defeat of our high school rivals, the bulldogs. the game was a nail biter until the last minute. the sellout crowd was ecstatic and now i, jerome dunkin duncan, am the hometown hero! the church parking lot was packed for the 5th quarter basketball party, a local tradition. i was greeted like a king entering his majestic palace. pops, coach moses, and ms. willow worked their way through the crowd.
“i’m proud of you, son,” beamed pops.
“you gave 110% out there,” agreed coach moses. ms. willow simply smiled, handed me a sealed envelope, and hugged me. pops assured me he would record the local news

if this fictional journal entry were adapted into a poem, what might be one of its defining characteristics?
a) jerome would speak in first person.
b) there would be line breaks and possibly rhyme.
eliminate
c) the literary piece would now have a moral lesson at the end.
d) the character of jerome dunkin' duncan would be more developed.
overage of my no-look passes, dunks, steals, and fall-away three pointers.