Exposition
This is the name of the city where the Curtis brothers live.
What is Tulsa?
"I was crazy for wantin Johnny to stay outta trouble..."
Dallas Winston
Ponyboy struggles with being just another greaser during the rumble.
What is person vs. self?
Hoodlum
What is a juvenile delinquent?
Simile or metaphor: "When you dropped like a ton of lead I thought I'd aimed too high and broke your neck."
What is a simile?
The decade when The Outsiders takes place.
What is the 1960s.
"Sixteen years ain't long enough."
Johnny Cade
Darry slaps Ponyboy in the face.
What is person vs. person.
muggings
robberies
Simile or metaphor: "The reporters fired one question right after another at me..."
What is metaphor?
What is getting jumped by the Socs?
The name of the Greaser who thinks Ponyboy is a tagalong kid.
Who is Steve Randall?
Ponyboy and Soda may be sent to a boys home because Ponyboy was involved in a murder.
What is person vs. society?
swipe - as in "it's fun to swipe anything that isn't nailed down."
steal
Name the figurative language: Her hardest hue to hold
What is personification, alliteration
The names of the three Curtis Brothers.
Who are Ponyboy, Soda and Darry?
"Things are rough all over."
Cherry Valance
Johnny struggles with feelings of worthlessness because his parents don't love him.
What is person vs. self.
heater
gun
Name the figurative language: "Stay gold, Ponyboy."
The name of the state where the story takes place.
What is Oklahoma?
"You're a traitor to your own kind."
Ponyboy Curtis
Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally are injured in a fire.
What is person vs nature?
reeling pickled
drunk
The type of narration in The Outsiders?
First person