The Outsiders
Poetry Terms
Parts of Speech
Narrative Perspective
Misc....
100
His eyes were blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the world. He had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of 10.
Dally (Dallas Winston)
100
Direct or implied references to people, places, events, literary works, or works of art.
Allusion
100
Works with a verb to show if or when something happened.
Helping Verb
100
Type of narration in which the narrator is usually the protagonist or central character in the story. But even if this character is not the protagonist, he or she is directly involved in the events of the story and is telling the tale. This type of narration is marked by the use of pronouns.
First Person
100
a word that tells the location of objects
Preposition
200
He's handsomer than anyone else I know; movie-star kind of handsome, the kind that people stop on the street to watch go by.
SodaPop
200
Explains, clarifies, or illustrates by drawing comparisons
Analogy
200
A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
200
Type of narration in which "you" (the reader) are the agent. In most cases, directions will be written from this point of view.
Second Person
200
Type of speech which is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something
Subject
300
Seventeen, tall, and lean with thick greasy hair he keeps combed in complicated swirls. He's Soda's best buddy since grade school.
Steve
300
The ideas associated with a word beyond it's literal definition.
Connotation
300
An idea or quality that cannot be touched
Abstract Noun
300
In this mode of narration, the narrator tells another person’s story (he, she, him, her), but the narrator only describes characters’ behavior and dialogue. The narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings.
Third Person Objective
300
Type of sentence which asks a question.
Interrogative
400
The oldest member of the gang and the wisecracker of the bunch. He's 6 feet tall, stocky build, and proud of his long rusty colored sideburns. He couldn't stop making funny remarks to save his life.
Two-Bit
400
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
alliteration
400
action (s) phrase that makes up a clause
Predicate
400
Type of narration in which the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character through explicit narration.
Third Person Limited
400
Type of sentence makes a statement.
Declarative
500
He has light brown hair, almost red, with greenish-gray eyes. His hair is almost longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides. He likes to watch movies undisturbed.
Ponyboy
500
A logical section of grouped ideas in a poem.
Stanza
500
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
Adverb
500
Type of narration in which the narrator will reveal more than one characters’ internal workings. The narrator is all-knowing.
Third Person Omniscient
500
A four-lined Stanza in a poem.
Quatrain
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