Characters
This is the main character of The Outsiders and narrator. He likes movies, reading, and he thinks Paul Newman is Tuff.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
This happens to Ponyboy when he is walking home from the movie theater.
What is he gets jumped by a gang of Socs?
This another word for "drunk".
What is soused?
What is missing from the citation?
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie theater, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home (Hinton 1).
What are quotation marks?
Ponyboy says "Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong" at the end of chapter 3, what literary device is he using?
What is foreshadowing?
This is the primary care taker of the Curtis house hold. He is known for his severe stare.
Who is Darry Curtis?
This is the point that Cherry tires to make about the Socs to Pony.
This word means to do something in a casual or relaxed manner.
What is nonchalantly?
What is missing from the citation?
"Dally was waiting for Johnny and me under the street light at the corner of Patrick and Sutton".
What is the end citation?
(author and page number)
When Johnny is described "like a puppy that has been kicked too many times" that is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
Often referred to as the gang's pet, this character is compared to a kicked puppy and has a rough home life.
Who is Johnny Cade
This is a word that means "cool"
What is Tuff?
This word can either mean a low resonant sound, but in The Outsiders, it means "street fight"
What is rumble?
What is missing from the citation?
"Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk them home--the west side of town was only about twenty miles away-- but they wanted to call their parents and have them come and get them" (37).
What is the author's last name?
What is Hinton?
When Johnny is described as "scared of his own shadow" it uses what figurative language?
What is HYPERBOLE?
This character has a fiery spirit, and she understands that everyone no matter how much money they do or don't have has problems.
Who is Cherry (Sherri) Valance?
This is why Pony is sometimes ashamed of Sodapop.
What is because he dropped out of school?
This is a word that means to understand something.
What is Savvy?
What is WRONG with the citation?
"I really couldn't see what Socs would have to sweat about-- good grades, good cars, good girls, madras and Mustangs and Corvairs-- Man, I thought if I had worried like that I'd consider myself lucky (Hinton 36)."
What is the citation should NOT be inside the quotes?
When it says "Life was one big joke to Two-Bit" this type of figurative language is being used.
What is a metaphor?
This character is known for stealing, getting in fights, and being in the rodeo. He has a soft spot for his buddy Johnny.
Who is Dally (Dallas) Winston?
This is the main reason Pony and Soda need to stay out of trouble with the police
What is Soda and Pony will be taken away from Darry and put into foster care?
This word means a way of acting that is either playfully mischievous or suggests a charming, but potentially unscrupulous, character
What is Roguishly?
What is WRONG with the citation?
(Hinton 50) "I reckon it never occurred to you tha your brothers might be worrying their heads off and afraid to call the police [...]".
What is, the end citation is in the wrong spot?
When it says "Dally had a record with the fuzz a mile long" This type of figurative language is being used.
What is HYPERBOLE?