Literary Terms
The time and place a story occurs
What is setting?
A conflict with an outside force.
What is external conflict?
Ponyboy lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s with his brother Darry and Sodapop. He is part of the Greasers gang who is always fighting the SOCs.
What is exposition?
This point of view uses the pronoun I.
It is also the point of view The Outsiders is told from.
What is first person?
The setting of The Outsiders.
What is Tusla, Oklahoma?
The main lesson or moral of the story.
What is theme?
A struggle within a character.
What is an internal conflict?
Ponyboy goes to trail and does not get charged with a crime or taken away from Darry and Soda. He decides to write his English essay on his life and creates The Outsiders.
What is resolution?
This point of view is where the narrator know the thoughts of one character.
What is third person limited?
List TWO types of conflict present in The Outsiders.
What is man vs. man, man vs. society, or man vs. self?
The main focus or topic of the text
What is central idea?
Define man vs. self
What is a struggle within a character?
Ponyboy and Johnny get into a fight with some drunk Socs. They almost kill Ponyboy, so Johnny kills Bob, a Soc, to save his life.
What is climax?
This point of view is when the narrator knows the thoughts of all the characters.
What is third person omniscient?
Direct or Indirect characterization?
"Dally got up and stalked off, his fists jammed in his pockets and a frown on his face. He didn't come back."
What is indirect characterization?
Explain the difference between indirect and direct characterization.
What is revealing the characterization through thier actions and words?
What is the author telling the reader who the character is?
Name all of the external conflicts.
What is man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. supernatural, and man vs. technology?
Ponyboy struggles to fit in with his gang and gets into multiple fights. He fights with his brother Darry and runs away with Johnny.
What is the rising action?
This point of view is when the narrator addresses the reader directly.
What is second person?
Write a theme statement for The Outsiders.
What is the teacher checks answers for points?
Define the literary term inference.
What is a conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning?
Define all the types of external conflict.
What is a conflict between two characters (man vs. man)?
What is a struggle against natural forces (man vs. nature)?
What is a struggle against social norms/ government (man vs. society)?
What is a struggle with ghost/mythical beings (man vs. supernatural)?
What is a conflict between a character and technology (man vs. technology)?
Ponyboy and Johnny run away to a church that gets set on fire. The fire injures them both and Johnny ends up dying. Johnny's death leads Dally to rob a grocery store and get shot by the police.
What is falling action?
This is a narrator's interpretation based on experiences.
(Hint it is NOT a point of view)
What is perspective?
Write an objective summary of The Outsiders using the Somebody Wanted But So Then format.
What is the teacher checks answer for point?