The Outsiders
Ponyboy's brothers
Darry and Sodapop
The place the rumble was held
The park
"They fought like cats and dogs."
Simile
(Referring to the Greasers and the Socs)
"I listened to his heart pounding through his t-shirt and knew everything was going to be okay."
Hyperbole
(When Ponyboy was hugging his brother)
"Don't judge a book by its cover."
Idiom
The main character of the story
Ponyboy
The group Ponyboy belonged to
Greasers
"She sank into her chair like the Titanic"
Simile
"Buzz, roar, hum, boom"
Onomatopoeia
"The clouds were pink and meadow larks were singing."
Personification
The group the Greasers hated
The Socs
He helped save children from a burning church and was seen as a hero
Johnny
"Johnny just looked dead. Like a candle with the flame gone."
Simile
(What Johnny looked like after he died)
"I almost jumped out of my skin."
Hyperbole
"The kitten danced to the beat of the music"
Personification
Where Ponyboy was leaving from when he got jumped in the beginning of the book
The movies
At the Church Johnny makes Ponyboy do this and Ponyboy hates it
Dye and cut his hair
"So I stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me."
Simile
(Ponyboy freezing up while Socs surrounded him)
"I heard out Ford's vvrrrrooooom..."
Onomatopoeia
"They looked like they were all cut from the same piece of cloth..."
Idiom
(Referring to the Socs all looking alike when they arrived at the rumble)
Ponyboy does this at the end of the story
Write an essay about his experience
The Socs are privileged (money, schooling, belongings, etc.) and the Greasers are not
"Her tears fell, little crystals of despair that hit the ground and broke."
Metaphor
"I tried to swallow a groan and wished wildly for Soda."
Hyperbole
(When Ponyboy was hurt during the rumble)
"The cactus saluted the travelers who drove past."
Personification