Esperanza Rising
The Outsiders
ELA Vocab Easy
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ELA Vocab Hard
100

Which character gets sick from breathing in the Dust during a dust storm?

Who is Mama

100

Who is the main character?

Who is Ponyboy?

100

What is the theme of a story?

What is the lesson the story teaches readers?

100

How many grades are at the school Duggan Academy?

What is seven? 

100

What is it called when two characters talk to one another?

What is dialogue?

200

Who does Esperanza call a peasant at the end of the book causing him to steal her money and run away

Who is Miguel?

200

What is the name of the brother who is super intelligent and played football but had to give that up to raise Ponyboy and Johnny when their parents died?

Who is Darry? 

200

What is conflict?

What is a problem in a story?
200

What room number are we currently in?

What is room 214? 

200

What is it called when a character thinks inside their head?

What is internal thinking?

300

Where does Esperanza first live at the start of the book?

Where is Aguascalientes Mexico?

300

What do Johnny and Ponyboy do at the climax of the book that could be described as heroic? Hint its happens at a church.

What is saving the kids from the church fire? 

300

What is it called when you take words from the text to support your claim?

What is evidence?

300

Who is the executive principal of Duggan Academy? 

Hint: its not Ms. Robinson

Who is Mr. Calvanese?

300

What is it called when an author hints something bad will happen next? (two answers)

What is premonition and/or suspense?
400

What does Esperanza do to cheer her mother up that she learned from her abuelita?

What is crocheting?

400

Who are the three characters that die in this book?

Who are Johnny, Dally and Bob?

400

What is the first sentence of an essay called?

What is a hook?

400

What are Ms. Reillys initials?

What is CER?

400

What is it called when an author gives a human like action to non human like thing?

What is personification? 

500

What are the names of the babies Esperanza takes care of?

Who are Pepe and Lupe? 

500

What do readers learn Ponyboy does for his school writing project at the very end of book?

What is write the novel "The Outsiders" 

500

What is the sentence in an essay that answers the prompt and outlines the body paragraphs called?

What is a thesis statement? 

500

What states border Massachusetts? (5)

What are Connecticut, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island?

500

What is a fictional story with a beginning, middle and end called?

What is a narrative? 

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