Literary Terms
Quote Identification
Analogies
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
100
Ponyboy is the narrator of the novel. The story is told from his ________________.
What is point of view?
100
Who said, "Where the heck have you been?"
Darry
100
cooler: reformatory::heater:_____________ gun palomino reformatory cancer stick
What is "gun"?
100
"His comical grin was gone and his dancing eyes were stormy." Eyes dancing is an example of ___________________________.
What is personification?
100
"I almost jumped out of my skin." This is an example of _____________________.
What is idiom?
200
"Dally handed me a shirt about sixty-million sizes too big." Because this is a gross exaggeration, this is an example of ____________________.
What is hyperbole?
200
Who said, "Oh, blast it Johnny...you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me."
Dally
200
a'woofin: kidding::dig:____________ understand snarl shovel cruise
What is "understand"?
200
"Taking into consideration the circumstances"--brother, was that ever a way to tell me he knew I was goofing up because I'd been in a lot of trouble. When his English teacher came up with a nice way of saying that he was failing, this is an example of __________________.
What is euphemism?
200
The papers called Johnny, Dally, and Ponyboy Juvenille Delinquents Turned Heroes. This is an example of ______________________.
What is irony?
300
"Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body." Because this fortells things to come, this is an example of ___________________.
foreshadowing
300
Who said, "Golly, you two, it's bad enough having to loisten to it, but when you start trying to get me to take sides...We're all we've got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything."
Soda Pop
300
rumble:fight::fuzz: cigarettes booze cops mustache
What are "cops"?
300
"The rest of us waited with mounting tension. I was reminded of Jack London's books--you know, where the wolf pack waits in silence for one of the two members to go down in a fight." When he refers to another author and his books, this is an example of _____________.
What is allusion?
300
"I was sweating something fierce although I was cold."
What is paradox?
400
"It was almost four months ago. I had walked down to the DX station to get a bottle of pop..." When Johnny thinks back to the day that Johnny is beaten by the Soc's, this is an example of ___________________.
What is flashback?
400
Who said, "He kept trying to make someone say "no" and they never did. They never did. That was what he wanted."
Randy
400
slack:lazy::cancer stick:______________ death cigarettes violence gun
What are "cigarettes"?
400
With puppy dog looks and needy personality, Johnny is the gang's pet. This type of comparison is a ________________________.
What is metaphor?
400
"Johnny looked dead. Like a candle with the flame gone." This is an example of _________________.
What is simile?
500
Dally's jacket protects Ponyboy from the fire. Because his jacket represents something greater, this is an example of _______________________.
What is symbol?
500
Who said, "We have troubles you've never heard of. Things are rough all over."
Cherry Valance
500
poor:rich::greasers:_____________ gangs jackets Socs madras
What are "Socs"?
500
"He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face." Grim triumph is an example of _____________.
What is oxymoron?
500
The countryside represents peace and tranquility. This is an example of a ___________________.
What is symbol?
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