TYPES OF CONFLICT
SLANG + IDIOMS
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Background Knowledge
Socs vs Greasers
100

WHAT TYPE OF CONFLICT IS THIS?

  • "We're all cried out now. We're getting' used to the idea. We're gonna be okay now."

What is a Man Versus Self conflict?

100

Two words that mean steal SW__ __E ,L _ _ T

  • Two Bit just thinks its fun to SW__ __E everything

  • Steve could L _ _ T a hub cab faster than anyone

What are swipe and lift?

100

Johnny still reminded me of a lost puppy.



WHAT IS METAPHOR?

100

Darry looked exactly like this person, but acted nothing like him

WHAT IS HIS DAD?

100

The different rock singer and band that each gang likes?



The Soc’s like the Beatles and the

Greasers like Elvis Presley.

200

"I could fall in love with Dallas Winston. I hope I never see him again, or I will.”

WHO SAID IT?


  • Cherry said it

  • Man versus self conflict?

  • Also Man versus Society?

200

Three words that mean drunk?

CR _ _ _ _ D

P _ _ K _ _ D

J _ _ C _ D



What are  CROCKED

PICKLED and

JUICED?



200

Soda attracted girls like honey attracted flies?

WHAT IS SIMILIE?

200

This is how Ponyboy’s parents died?



What was in a car crash?

200

The different types of Clothes that each group wears.

The greasers wore jeans and tee shirts and

The Soc’s wore madras shirts and white pants?

300

It's not just money...We're sophisticated to the point of not feeling anything. Nothing is real with us." 


WHO SAID IT? WHAT TYPE OF CONFLICT?

  • Cherry says it

What is man versus society conflict? 

300

The slang expressions for the Police and Prison ?



What are 

Fuzz and 

the cooler?



300

He (Dally) handed me a shirt about 20 million sizes too big for me.



What is hyperbole or 

exaggeration? 



300

The two reasons that the DX gas station had a lot of customers.

What was Soda was so handsome and Steve was so good with cars?



300

THEIR DIFFERENT HAIR STYLES

Greasers have greased back long hair


Soc’s have Neat crew cuts or long Beatle

hair cuts.

400

Who said it? What kind
of conflict is it? 


I had to. They were 

drowning you, Pony 

They might have killed 

you."



What is man versus man conflict?

400

These are the  slang expressions for guns, knives, and fist fighting?



What are 

heaters, blades and

skin fighting? SWITCH BLADE,

400

Johnny was white as a ghost and his eyes were wild looking like an animal in a trap!

What are Similes?

400

Two reasons why the boys join a gang



What are Protection and as a surrogate (replacement)  family?



400

Cherry thinks that this is the main difference between greasers and Soc’s.

The greasers blow off steam and feel too much,but Cherry thinks that they can express their feelings


The Soc’s don’t feel at all. They keep everything inside. (Pressure)

500

Johnny runs into a blazing church to save some trapped children

WHO SAID IT? WHAT TYPE OF CONFLICT IS IT?

What is man versus nature conflict?



500

We really picked them up," Marcia said. "We're really Arabian slave traders and we're thinking about ________ ing (kidnapping) them. 

They're worth ____ camels apiece at least."



We really picked them up," Marcia said. "We're really Arabian slave traders and we're thinking about shanghaiing them. They're worth 10 camels apiece at least."



500

"And even as the policemen's guns spit fire into the night..."

WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION?

500

The city and state that act as the setting of the story



WHAT IS TULSA, OKLAHOMA?

500

Their different fight styles.

The Greasers don’t use blades or heaters,

but think skin (fist fighting is OK and fun

“It blows off steam.”


They fight amongst each other, but come

together to fight other gangs.

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