Name That Greaser!
Silly Slang
Perfect Pairs
Who Said It?
Literary Lingo
100
Gets drunk on just plain living.
Who is Sodapop?
100
Gun
What is heater?
100
They understand each other without saying a word.
Who are Ponyboy and Johnny?
100
"I lie to myself all the time."
Who is Ponyboy?
100
After his attack, Johnny vows to use his switchblade if he ever gets jumped again.
What is foreshadowing?
200
Cold, hard, and unfeeling.
Who is Dally?
200
Cool
What is tuff?
200
Are best buds who work at the gas station.
Who are Sodapop and Steve?
200
"You get tough like me and you don't get hurt."
Who is Dally?
200
Ponyboy says that Johnny would never hurt a fly. Johnny later goes on to murder Bob (in self-defense).
What is irony?
300
Is like a sad puppy who has been beaten and neglected.
Who is Johnny?
300
Jail
What is cooler?
300
Are full of love for each other but rarely get along.
Who are Ponyboy and Darry?
300
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..."
Who is Johnny?
300
Ponyboy tells Cherry about Johnny's attack by the Socs and seems to go back in time to the night it happened.
What is flashback?
400
Likes poetry, movies, and sunsets.
Who is Ponyboy?
400
Police
What is fuzz?
400
An unlikely pair - the hood who only ever loved one person and the boy who idolizes him.
Who are Dally and Johnny?
400
"I could fall in love with Dallas Winston."
Who is Cherry?
400
The greasers use many slang words (informal speech) that are not part of formal language.
What is colloquialism?
500
Would have been a Soc if it weren't for his responsibilities.
Who is Darry?
500
Cigarette
What is weed?
500
Both come to understand that no matter where you live, the sunset looks the same.
Who are Ponyboy and Cherry?
500
"You don't just stop living because you lose someone."
Who is Darry?
500
Ponyboy says that Sodapop "looks like a movie star", therefore using this literary device.
What is simile?
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