Parts of Speech 1
what is defined as a person place thing or idea
noun
what is defined as replacing a noun
pronoun
who is the narrator
ponyboy
what are the two rival groups in the novel
Greasers and Socs
what is a conflict?
provide a real definition
the struggle between opposing forces
"She runs fast"
what part of speech is the word "runs"
verb
"An Atlanta falcons jersey would have been my favorite present, this year."
what part of speech are the following words : "would have been"
verbs
Which Curtis brother is described as "movie star handsome"?
sodapop
What happens to pony when he is walking home from the movies in chapter 1
he gets jumped by the socs
what type of conflict is this?
"Voldemort must kill Harry in order to survive, but Harry must kill Voldemort in order to do the same"
character vs character
list all of the adverbs (3)
"the cat slept peacefully and very quietly on the couch"
Peacefully
very
quietly
Find the prepositions (3)
"We walked across the park to sit in the shade under the tall trees."
across
in
under
Which greaser constantly tells Ponyboy that he doesnt use his head?
Darry
At the drive-ins, Ponyboy and Johnny meet two Soc girls...who?
Cherry and Marcia
what type of conflict is this?
"a character is trying to escape a cave, but there is a mountain lion sitting in front of the cave exit"
character vs nature
list all of the seven main conjunctions
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
which part of speech does this define:
"short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence."
interjection
What does Dally give the boys when they run away?
3 things
50 dollars
new clothes
and a loaded gun
what is the defining quality of the soc that Johnny kills? What was his name?
he had rings on his fingers
Bob
What is the biggest conflict that we see ponyboy has with being a greaser and with the socs?
character vs society
Name all the parts of speech that you see in order, ignore the words "a, an , the".
Example (My name is Xavier... pronoun, noun, verb, noun.)
"The very dark car crept towards my house."
adv adj noun verb preposition pronoun noun
Name all the parts of speech that you see in order.
Example (My name is Xavier... pronoun, noun, verb, noun.)
"My favorite book always stays in my backpack"
pronoun adj noun adv verb preposition pronoun noun
What color eyes does ponyboy have? What color does he wish they were?
He has greenish gray eyes
he wants gray eyes
What city and state does the novel take place in?
tulsa, oklahoma
in class, I mentioned that most stories will have a certain type of conflict. Which conflict is that?
*it's not character vs character
character vs self