The Outsiders
Literary Elements
Vocabulary
Wild Card
Conventions
100

What GENRE of literature is The Outsiders?

fiction, prose, novel are all acceptable responses

100

Assumptions that we make about people based on their background, their job, their culture etc. are called____________________.

Stereotypes

100

This adjective describes people who cannot read?

a) opulent             b) meticulous

c) illiterate            d) nostalgia

c) illiterate

100

This trait of good writing refers to the author's personality shining through in their writing.

voice

100

Most ADVERBS  end with these two letters. . .

LY

200

Rather than italicizing The Outsiders, what could we do instead?

underline it

200

Objects and pictures that represent larger ideas are called___________________. A stop sign is a good example.

symbols

200

What is a good SYNONYM for the word PROMINENT?

important; noticeable  

200

Showing versus telling is mainly based on the use of ______________________.

a) juxtaposition       b) foreshadowing

c) imagery              d) theme

imagery

200

Provide an example of a common PREPOSITION.

on , in, under, by etc. 

300

In chapter 8, while in the hospital, Johnny is worried that he will never be able to ___________________ again. 

a) walk                   b) see

c) fight                   d) smoke

walk

300

Tone refers to the narrator's attitude toward their topic and __________________ refers to the way the reader feels while reading the story. 

mood

300

CONGREGATE is a ___________________ because it is an action. 

verb

300

Give an example of a common ACRONYM.

NFL, FBI, etc.

300

The three dots are called. . .

an ellipsis

400
This character is NOT in the hospital scene in chapter 8...

a) Johnny's mom       b) Dally

c) Ponyboy                d) Cherry

  d)   Cherry

400

Placing images side by side so that we compare and contrast them is called______________________.

juxtaposition

400

What is the most OMINOUS day of the year, according to superstitious people?

Friday the 13th. (I'll also accept Halloween.)

400

The fancy name for WORD ORDER is called_________________________. 

syntax

400

This punctuation mark is used to begin a list when there is not a verb or preposition there to do so

the colon

500

What "prized possession" does Two-Bit give to Dally in chapter 8 of The Outsiders?

his switchblade knife

500

This literary device is defined as a difference between expectation and reality that strikes us as funny or odd. 

irony

500

What does the dieresis in the word Noël indicate?

That the two syllables are pronounced separately. 

500
Positive and negative emotions that we associate with certain words (such as snake or shamrock) are called___________________________.

connotations

500

Name two different uses of the quotation marks.

-to indicate dialogue

-to emphasize a word

-to show that information was borrowed from another source

-to indicate a title of a short work of literature

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