The Outsiders
Themes
Short Stories
Poetry
Grammar
200

He is one of the most important characters to the theme of the story; he tragically died a hero

Who is Johnny Cade?

200

This book had three main themes: Loss of innocence, the importance of friendship, and reputation

What is The Outsiders?

200

This short story centers around a delinquent child lying to his parents

What is "Charles"?

200

This poem is about an argument between a couple caused by how they were grieving the loss of their baby

What is "Home Burial"?

200

Nouns, adjectives, and verbs are all these

What are parts of speech?

400

She returned Soda's letter, unopened, causing him extreme distress.

Who is Sandy?

400

The theme of this poem is to live fast and die happy rather than live long and die bored

What is "The Lesson of the Moth"?

400

This story was based off of author Marta Salinas' own life

What is "The Scholarship Jacket"?

400

One of the most notable features of this Harlem Renaissance poem is how it was written phonetically

What is "Mother to Son"?

400

This part of speech connects two clauses or ideas

What is a conjunction?

600

Soda's best friends with him, but Pony never liked him much

Who is Steve?

600

The theme of this story is that even in the worst of situations, you can achieve your dreams

What is "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"?

600

This gruesome poem has a deeper message about women's rights

What is "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

600

Depending on how you look at it, this poem's message literally is just one of the core principles of Buddhism

What is "Your Perfect"?

600

This prefix means "below" or "under"

What is "sub-"?

800

Ponyboy says this about having people over his house

He gets embarrassed that he lives on the East Side of the city

800

This story's surprising twist at the end costs the speaker his life and shows that you should always pay more attention to the little things

What is "Click-Clack the Rattlebag"?

800
This story was written by Ray Bradbury, and the main character is called Eckels

What is "A Sound of Thunder"?

800

This poem was written by Tupac Shakur

What is "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"?

800

This suffix shows the present tense

What is "-ing"?

1000
The Outsiders takes place in this city

What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?

1000

This story's theme is that the smallest decision can have the largest consequences

What is "A Sound of Thunder"?

1000

The parents in "The Veldt" just wish that the nursery would change into this or something

What is Aladdin?
1000

What the moth did at the end of "Lesson of the Moth" was described as this

What is "immolated"?

1000

This part of speech is used before a list

What is a colon?

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