The Outsiders
Misc. Character
Elements of Plot
Examples
Literary Terms
Examples
Misc.
Misc. 2
100

The middle Curtis brother. A high school dropout who enjoys working with cars and has a job at a gas station, he is a compassionate and supportive sibling to his two brothers. 

Sodapop

100

What part of the story is this:

Ponyboy reveals the rivalry between his gang and the Socs. The story is set in Tulsa, OK in the 1960’s.

Exposition

100

What literary devise is this:

Her face was like a flower: soft and pink.

Simile

100

Jane Schaffer writing/color coding terminology:

First sentence of body paragraph; tells WHO and WHAT you are writing about

Blue–Topic Sentence

100

Jane Schaffer writing/color coding terminology:

Can be proven; hard evidence, facts; “What I have read, what I have seen, what I or someone else has done, what I or someone else has said.”

Red–Concrete Detail

200

A tough, hardened greaser. grew up on the streets of New York and learned early to depend upon himself. He has a long criminal record and is prone to risktaking, yet he is also a loyal and compassionate friend

Dally

200

What part of the story is this:

Johnny finally dies from his injuries. His final words, “Stay Gold Ponyboy,” encourage Pony to hold onto his innocence. Johnny realizes in the end, all the fighting isn’t worth it.

Climax

200

What literary devise is this:

“If I don't get some coffee, I’m going to die.”

Hyperbole

200

Jane Schaffer writing/color coding terminology:

Cannot necessarily be proven–the analysis of the concrete detail; comes from the mind, the gut, the heart

Green–Commentary

200

Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Onomatopoeia

300

The oldest of the Curtis brothers. 20, hardworking, and rarely shows his feelings. After the boys' parents died, he passed up a college scholarship and took responsibility for raising his younger brothers.

Darry

300

What part of the story is this:

the reader learns Ponyboy’s story. He is a Greaser, but he is different from the other gang members because he is interested in reading and nature. The Greasers and Socs have many altercations. 

Rising Action

300

What literary devices are these:

"Vroom" "Bark"

Onomatopoeia

300

A hint that is fully understood only in retrospect after the reader discovers more information later in the plot.

Foreshadowing

300

a figure of speech; A direct comparison between two unlike things that have something in common

Metaphor

400

A greaser girl and Sodapop's first love, she breaks Soda's heart when she moves to Florida to have a baby that isn't his and refuses his offer of marriage

Sandy

400

What is this part of the story:

In the end, the reader realizes that the novel is Ponyboy’s English assignment for his teacher.

Resolution

400

What literary device is this:

Ponyboy comments that if the church ever burned, later the church does burn

Forshadowing

400

The setting of The Outsiders

Tulsa, Oklahoma; 1960’s

500

An elementary school teacher whose students are saved by Johnny and Ponyboy in the church fire.

Jerry Wood

500

What part of the story is this:

Dally cannot handle Johnny’s death and is eventually shot by the police. Ponyboy recovers from a concussion he received during the rumble. He starts doing poorly in school.

Falling Action

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