"Nothing
Gold Can Stay"
The Outsiders
ELA Vocabulary
Figurative Language
poetry
100

Who wrote the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?

Robert Frost 

100

The main character and narrator of the story

Ponyboy

100

when we go from present, to past, then back to the present:_________

flashback

100

You are as pretty as a picture 

simile 

100

a short Japenese poem containing just 3 lines.  

haiku

200

What is the theme of the poem?

all great things lose their greatness 

200

Which character do Ponyboy and Johnny go to after the park incident?  Why?

Dally- he has been in trouble before and will know what to do

200

when the author gives the reader a hint about what will happen :__________

foreshadow

200

This class is a circus 

metaphor

200

Song writers write poems that we call 

lyrics

300

Which type of figurative language is most obvious in the first four lines?

personification

300

Why did Darry slap Ponyboy?  Where had he been?

He came in super late after falling asleep in the vacant lot

300

When the writer appeals to your senses, he is creating _______________

imagery

300

I'm about to freeze to death

hyperbole

300

letters that one uses to show the pattern of rhyme in a poem 

rhyme scheme

400

So Eden sank to grief is an example of personification AND____________

allusion

400

What book did Johnny get for Ponyboy to read while in hiding?

Gone with the Wind

400

When the oppisite of what you would expect to happen actually happens, that is ____________

irony

400

The ocean punished the swimmers with violent slaps. 

personification

400

a poem that is written in the shape of its topic

concrete poem

500

Dawn goes down to day is an example of 

alliteration

500

What news does Dally tell Ponyboy and Johnny at the end of chapter 5?  

Cherry is a spy for the greasers 

500

when the author makes reference to a well-known book, movie, story, or character :___________

allusion

500

Forgiving friends is forever favorable

alliteration

500

"Still I Rise"- who is poet?

Mya Angelou 

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