Characters
He is killed by police
Who is Dally?
Died in a car crash
How did Ponyboy's parents die?
compares one thing to another using words "like" or "as"
What is a similie?
He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice
Similie
Who is Johnny?
Cherry Valance's boyfriend
Who is Bob?
compares two things without using the words "like" or "as." It states it IS something else
What is a metaphor?
"Here!" Dally handed me a shirt about sixty-million sizes too big
hyperbole
He is Ponyboy's oldest brother
Who is Darry?
Money and a gun
What were Ponyboy and Johnny given to take on their escape?
Gives human characteristics or abilities to something that is not human
My overactive imagination was running away with me again
personification
He is a jokester whose real name is Keith
Who is Two-Bit?
The fire at the church.
What injured Johnny?
Expresses an obvious exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Johnny still reminded me of a lost puppy
metaphor
Who visited Ponyboy when he was sick at home?
Who is Randy?
Dally caused a distraction and started the rumble.
What started the fight at the rumble?
refers or alludes to an event in history, literature, or art.
What is an allusion?
Southern gentlemen with big black eyes in blue jeans and T-shirts, Southern gentlemen crumpling under street lights.
allusion