Characters
Terms
Vocab
Plot
Miscellaneous
100
6'2 broad shouldered, and muscular with eyes like ice.
Who is Darry Curtis?
100
The part of the story where we learn background information about characters and setting.
What is exposition?
100
Unwilling; not wanting to
What is Reluctantly?
100
Good things cant last forever.
What does "Nothing gold can stay" mean?
100
POnyboy picks up the pieces of broken pop bottle which he just used to threaten a group of Socs.
How do we see that Pony hasn't changed too much, gotten too tough and unfeeling in the scene where he threatens the Socs with the broken pop bottle.
200
Movie star handsome with dark gold silky hair.
Who is Sodapop Curtis?
200
The part of the story where the events begin to cause the reader suspense and we wonder what will happen next.
What is rising action?
200
Cool; detached;distant
What is aloof?
200
Johnny wants Pony's goodness to stay; for him to not change.
What is the reason that JOhnny tells Ponyboy to "stay gold"?
200
Greasers feel too much; Socs don't feel anything at all.
What is the real difference between Socs and Greasers?
300
17, tall and lean, cocky, smart and Soda's best friend.
Who is Steve Randall?
300
The point of greatest emotional intensity.
What is the climax?
300
To beg urgently
What is Imploringly?
300
Johnny feels risking his life to save the kids was worth it, and he doesn't mind dying now.
What is the reason that Pony thinks Johnny is gallant?
300
A feeling of fear or anxiety about a future event.
What is a Premonition?
400
Black hair/ dark skin and eyes and comes from a bad home.
Who is Johnny?
400
A struggle within a character such as Ponyboy's inability to deal with the deaths of Johnny and Dally.
What is an internal conflict?
400
Stubborn; mena
What is ornery?
400
Johnny smiles and takes charge, ordering the kids around to help them get out. It was unlike Pony had ever seen Johnny. He finally had come into his own and found a purpose.
What happened to Johnny as he was helping the kids out of the fire BEFORE he got hurt?
400
Brave; exceptionally polite to women.
What is Gallant?
500
Junior in high school at 18 1/2 and always has to put in his two-cents worth.
Who is Two-bit?
500
Ponyboy, the main character of the story.
Who and what are the protagonist of The OUtsiders?
500
Lacking human emotion or warmth
What is Impersonally?
500
Ponyboy doesn't have an adult presence in his life to let him know that he shouldn't be doing certain activities like smoking at such a young age.
What does the fact that POnyboy not realize he was too young to smoke tell us about his life?
500
They hate the world.
What happens to a person when he gets a little money?
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