characters
figurative language
SE Hinton
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
100
The narrator of the novel.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
We all heard a low moan is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
100

What city and state she wrote the story in, and used as the setting for the book.

Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma?

100
What two things did Ponyboy, the narrator, have on his mind when he came out of the movie house?
What is a ride home and Paul Newman.
100
Even though Ponyboy's point of view on Johnny is that he is scared of his own shadow, what does Johnny do that indirectly characterizes him as doing what is right no matter what.
What is standing up to Dally when Dally was harassing Cherry and Marcia?
200
Thought of as the gangs "pet".
Who is Johnny?
200

Two-Bits dancing grey eyes were stormy are this type of figurative language, and it shows this type of mood.

What is personification and metaphor. Shows the seriousness of the situation.

200
The genre she was the first to write a novel for teens in.
What is realistic fiction?
200
Two ways Ponyboy describes himself as being different than the rest of the gang and his family.
What is they don't dig movies and books the way he does.
200
What line at the end of chapter 2 that shows foreshadowing.
What is " I know better now."
300
The character who first introduced Ponyboy to the idea that not all "socs" act the same way.
Who is Cherry Valance?
300
When Ponyboy finished telling the story of Johnny, he looked at Cherry and her face was white as a sheet. This is what type of figurative language and shows what mood ?
What is simile. Shows how appalled she is socs would do this. It shows that she hadn't ever considered socs doing this, like Pony had never considered socs being kind and having troubles too.
300

What she suffered from after writing The Outsiders and getting so much notoriety?

What is depression or writers block?

300
Why Ponyboy doesn't think his brother Darry loves him.
What is he is always yelling, at him, he expects more from him than Soda, he says "he never uses his head", and he is rough with him without meaning to be.
300
These actions of Cherry shows the reader that Cherry is not like other "socs."
What is she is in rodeos, she asks Pony to walk with her to get popcorn ( meaning they will be seen together), she seems interested in making sure Ponyboy knows not all "socs" are like the boys who beat up Johnny.
400
Scares Ponyboy and Johnny at the drive in, pretending to be a "soc".
Who is Two-Bit?
400

What is a flashback and what does the flashback with Johnny teach the readers

The flashback with Johnny shows readers that his reaction to certain events is influenced by past trauma and fear.

A flashback is a break in the story to look back in time as a specific event 

400
How she ends the letter she wrote to "the reader".
What is stay gold?
400
Who the narrator, Ponyboy, considers to be the dangerous one of the gang, lacking emotions, and acts more like an animal, and has pent up anger with no where to direct it.
Who is Dally?
400
The detail that Johnny remembers about the soc that beat him up, ( and what cut his face up).
What is he had rings on his hand
500
Gets a coke thrown in his face for speaking rudely to Cherry and Marcia at the drive- in?
Who is Dally Winston?
500

When Ponyboy says, "The silence grew heavier," what type of figurative language is being used, and what does it convey about the scene?

This is an example of personification, where silence is described as something that can "grow" and become "heavier." It conveys the tension and awkwardness of the moment, making the silence feel more oppressive and uncomfortable for the characters.

500

What the initials S.E. stand for.

Susan Eliose

500
Why Darry works so hard to keep Soda and Ponyboy out of trouble.
What is their parents died and he is scared of them being taken and put in a boys home.
500
How Two -Bit described a "rough fight" and a "fair fight"
What is a "rough fight" is like the socs, who out number others in a fight, or when weapons are used, a fair fight is one on one, with just fists.
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