Chapters 7-8
Chapters 9-10
Chapters 11-12
Who is this character?
Figurative Langauge
100

a pale golden or tan-colored horse or pony with a white mane and tail, originally bred in the southwestern US.

Palomino

100

(typically of a young person or that person's behavior) showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

Delinquent

100

shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Trembling

100

"I think I like it better when the old man's hitting me"

Johnny

100

Man, your brother's a doll.

Metaphor

200

filled with horror or shock

Aghast

200

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.

Grimacing

200

suffering, resulting in, or relating to defeat in a game or contest.

Lousing

200

“Ponyboy, sometimes you just don’t use your head.”

Darry

200

They came running at us now. They were tough as nails.

Simile

300

make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Exploits

300

higher in rank, status, or quality.

Superiority

300

beating with a strong, regular rhythm; pulsating.

Throbbing

300

“I‘ll bet you think the Socs have it made. The rich kids, the West­side Socs. I‘ll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a surprise. WE have troubles you‘ve never even heard of. You want to know something? . . . Things are rough all over.”

Cherry

300

“I heard our Ford’s vrrrrooooom and thought: Soda’s driving.”

Onomatopoeia 

400

dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep, or a blow.

Groggy

400

a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.

Stupor

400

a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction around a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it; a traffic circle.

Roundabout

400

“If you don’t have anything, you end up like Dallas…and I don’t mean dead either. I mean like he was before. And that’s worse than dead.” _

Sodapop

400

He would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there.”

Hyperbole 

500

in a way that shows that you cannot feel anything, or think or react in the normal way.

numbly

500

characterized by or displaying a frenetic excitement or energy.

Feverish

500

(of a person or a person's behavior or manner) having or showing a habitually forgetful or inattentive disposition.

Absent-minded

500

If they win, things go on as usual"

Dally

500

Skin fighting isn't rough. It blows off steam better than anything.

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