Literary Terms
Characters
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Nothing Gold Can Stay
Miscellaneous
100
What point of view is The Outsiders told in?
What is first person?
100
This character loves going to movies, and is the youngest of the group.
Who is Ponyboy?
100
_______says this quote, "You get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me..." to __________.
What is Dally, Johnny.
100
Robert Frost refers to nature as a female. What literary device is he using?
What is personification.
100
Give one specific example of foreshadowing in the novel.
What is The Socs jump Ponyboy while he walks home alone, previewing their later attack on him and Johnny; Johnny threatens to kill anybody who jumps him again, foreshadowing his murder of Bob; The doctor says, "It can't hurt now"
200
A _________ is the force working against the main character/hero
What is antagonist?
200
He is the unofficial leader of the greasers.
What is Darry?
200
This character challenges Pony to see that the Socs are as individually unique as the greasers are, and as troubled.
What is Cherry Valance?
200
What literary device is used here, Her hardest hue to hold.
What is alliteration.
200
An ________ is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. Give an example.
What is an inference?
300
What literature device is used here? Nature’s first green is gold
What is a metaphor?
300
________ is described as cocky and smart - he is very good at working with cars
What is Steve?
300
At what point in the novel does Ponyboy realize that Darry truly cares for him? Be specific.
What is in Chapter 5, when Soda and Darry come to the hospital, Ponyboy has a revelation. He sees his oldest brother cry for the first time and understands how deeply he feels for him.
300
What point of view is the poem written in?
What is third person.
300
What is a major theme of the novel? Explain.
What is overcoming hardships, fitting in, doing the right thing, and friendship.
400
Define allusion and give an example from the story
What is a reference to another piece of literature or art within a story. Example: Gone with the Wind
400
Who is the oldest member of the gang?
What is Two-Bit Matthews?
400
________sees both sides of the social levels, and is not filled with hatred or a sense of superiority.
What is Cherry Valance?
400
Why did Ponyboy always remember the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost?
What is he never understood what the poem meant.
400
In the end which character strongly advocates against gang violence?
What is Johnny?
500
What literary element is used in this example from the text? "His eyes were blue, blazing ice cold with a hatred of the whole world."
What is personification?
500
He does not put grease in his white-blond hair.
Who is Dallas Winston?
500
Both boys are victims of the violence between the Socs and the Greasers, and have violent tendencies.
Who are Bob and Dally?
500
How is allusion used in the poem?
What is "So Eden sank to grief" -- This refers to the Garden of Eden.
500
________ is the idea and feeling associated with a word.
What is connotation.
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