Vocabulary #1
What does greaser mean?
Lower class teen with long, greased hair
What does soc mean?
Short for socials - upper class teens with fancy cars and expensive clothes
What does loned it mean?
Walked alone
What does rumble mean?
Large group fight
How do you find the rhyme scheme in a poem?
You look at the last word on each line of poetry and then compare them to one another. If they rhyme, they have the same letter (ex: AA). If they don't rhyme, they get the next letter in the alphabet (ex: AB).
What does dig mean?
To like something
Short for hoodlum - a criminal
What does fuzz mean?
Police
What does heater mean?
Gun
What is alliteration?
The repetition of the same beginning letter or sound in a line of poetry
What does jumped mean?
Attacked by a group of people
What does bawl mean?
To cry
What does lift mean?
To steal
What does slugged mean?
Punched
What is personification?
Giving an object or non-human being human-like characteristics
What does broad mean?
Girl
What does cooler mean?
Jail
What does doll mean?
What does outfit mean?
Gang
What is an allusion?
A well-known reference to another work
What does reformatory mean?
School for badly behaved or criminal kids
What does Corvair mean?
Expensive car manufactured by Chevy (driven by socs)
What does savvy mean?
To understand
Bonus (not on test): What is a bopper and bop-action?
Bopper is a fighter/rumbler.
Bop-action is a rumble
What is the theme/message in the "Nothing Gold Can Stay" poem?
Life and people will always change - nothing wonderful or innocent can stay forever