Elements of Plot
Characters
Conflicts
Randomness
Potpourri
100
This is the part of the plot when Ponyboy & Darry agree to stop fighting so Soda doesn't feel like the middleman.
What is falling action?
100
This character reveals at the Dairy Queen that he has decided to turn himself in to the police.
Who is Johnny?
100
The church fire is an example of this type of conflict.
What is character vs. nature?
100
This is why the Curtis brothers live on their own.
What is their parents were in a car accident and died?
100
This is why Dally robs the grocery store and points an unloaded weapon at the cops.
What is he has no reason to live once Johnny died?
200
This is the part of the plot when Johnny kills Bob.
What is rising action?
200
This character gets a concussion from being kicked in the head at the rumble.
Who is Ponyboy?
200
The drama and issues between the greasers and the Socs is an example of this type of conflict.
What is society vs. society conflict?
200
This character realizes how much he loves his brother and that he does not want to lose anyone else.
Who is Darry?
200
This is when Cherry's statement, "Things are rough all over" becomes clear to Ponyboy and what he realizes it means.
What is when Pony talks to Randy and what is he realizes everyone has problems?
300
This is the part of the plot where Johnny & Dally die.
What is climax?
300
This character just wanted his parents to tell him no, but they always blamed themselves for his actions.
Who is Bob?
300
Johnny carries a switchblade because of this conflict. You must give the type of conflict and specific information about the conflict.
What is character vs. society and what is specifically when Bob and the Socs jumped Johnny and cut him badly?
300
This is the part of the plot when Ponyboy decides a topic for his English theme and it is revealed to the reader.
What is resolution?
300
This is the only thing the judge could take away from a greaser when they went to jail. Bonus: Explain the significance of this.
What is their hair? Bonus: All greasers have is their hair because they are poor.
400
This is the setting where Johnny & Ponyboy go after killing Bob, and this is how they get there. Be VERY specific. Bonus 400 pts for telling which element of plot this represents.
What is the setting of a church on top of Jay Mountain in Windrixville, and what is they get there by hopping on a train? Bonus: What is rising action?
400
Ponyboy feels comfortable discussion things like clouds, sunsets, and poetry with these three characters.
Who are Johnny, Soda, & Cherry Valance?
400
Dally's final confrontation with the police is an example of this type of conflict.
What is character vs. society conflict?
400
The whole novel was an example of this literary term. Bonus - Quote the last line & first line of the novel.
What is flashback? "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind - Paul Newman and a ride home."
400
This is why Johnny ran into the burning church.
What is to save the children from burning?
500
These are the three items Johnny & Pony decide they need after killing Bob, this is where they go to get them, and this is the element of plot.
What are a gun, money, & a plan from Dally at Buck Merril's place, and what is rising action?
500
These are six symbols from The Outsiders - three that represent greasers and three that represent Socs.
What are greasy hair, jeans, t-shirts, leather jackets, switchblades, heaters and Elvis represent greasers while fancy cars (Mustangs, Corvettes & Corvairs), rings, madras, wealth, and the Beatles represent Socs?
500
After Johnny & Dally's death, Ponyboy struggles to know whose advice he should follow. This is an example of this type of conflict (you must give both names for it).
What is internal conflict or character vs. self?
500
These are three things Pony does prior to the rumble to get himself ready.
What is Pony takes five aspirins, asks each greaser why he likes to fight, and does a no-hands cartwheel (acrobatics)?
500
These three things are introduced in the exposition of any story, and these are the items introduced in exposition of The Outsiders.
What is the initial setting (time & place), characters, and main conflict are introduced in the exposition? What are Oklahoma in the 60s, greasers, and greaser vs Soc conflict are examples of the exposition in The Outsiders?
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