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Walter Dean MyersThe Greatest: Muhammad Ali
Nonfiction | Biography | YA | Published in 2001A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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What is the effect of Myers’s decision to treat Ali explicitly as a legendary figure, passing over the less romantic aspects of his biography?
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How does Myers use foreshadowing when recounting Ali’s childhood that gives early insights into the legend he would become? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
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Myers offers rare criticism of Ali with regard to his cruel taunting of Joe Frazier. What literary techniques does he use when expressing criticism?
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