The Outsiders
Misc. Character
Misc. Character
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
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
What literary devise is this:
Her face was like a flower: soft and pink.
Simile
Jane Schaffer writing/color coding terminology:
First sentence of body paragraph; tells WHO and WHAT you are writing about
Blue–Topic Sentence
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
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
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
What literary devise is this:
“If I don't get some coffee, I’m going to die.”
Hyperbole
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
Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
Onomatopoeia
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
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
What literary devices are these:
"Vroom" "Bark"
Onomatopoeia
A hint that is fully understood only in retrospect after the reader discovers more information later in the plot.
Foreshadowing
a figure of speech; A direct comparison between two unlike things that have something in common
Metaphor
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
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
What literary device is this:
Ponyboy comments that if the church ever burned, later the church does burn
Forshadowing
The setting of The Outsiders
Tulsa, Oklahoma; 1960’s
An elementary school teacher whose students are saved by Johnny and Ponyboy in the church fire.
Jerry Wood
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