Figurative Language and Literary Devices
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Writing and Grammar
The Outsiders
Break It Down
100

The development of traits, emotions, and actions.

Character Development

100

The name for the journey that a character goes on throughout a text

Quest

100

"More engaging" is an example of a comparative or superlative adjective? 

comparative

100

The name of the protagonist 

Ponyboy

100

Against 

Anti

200

The parts of plot in the correct order

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

200

Shakespeare, The Bible, and children's literature are all common ways in which a reader can do what?

Make a connection with other works, see intertextuality, understand allusions throughout new works, etc. 

200

Superlative adjective for good

Best

200

The two groups that fight each other are

Socs and Greasers

200
Together or with

Co

300

The seven types of conflict in any order

Man v Man

Man v Self

Man v Nature

Man v Society

Man v Supernatural

Man v Technology

Man v Fate

300

What can possibly be a symbol of confusion, rebirth, or cleansing?

Weather, season, climate

300

The parts of speech, in any order

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Interjection, Conjunction, Preposition, Determiner, Article

300

What Johnny does to help Ponyboy while he is getting beat up

Kills the soc trying to hurt Pony

300

All or every 

Omni

400

A comparison without using like or as

Metaphor

400

The role of the reader and their own experiences plays a huge role in how they interpret....

Symbols

400

Its parts include a clear claim and introduction to topic being presented

Thesis Statement

400

Reason Ponyboy cuts and dies his hair

He was hiding out from the police

400

Good

Bene

500

When the audience knows something the character does not know

Dramatic irony

500

Writing that makes you think about human problems, groups, right, wrongs, power, nobility, government, social class, money, justice, and race

Political 

500

Give an example of a high level action verb

student responses will vary

500

The result of the English project Pony is assigned

The actual book The Outsiders

500

Truth or believable

Cred

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