Literary Terms
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-10
Chapters 11-12
100
When a character remembers a past experience or event
What is flashback
100
The Curtis brothers names were....
What is Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy
100
What literary device is in this line "Nature's first green is gold"
What is a metaphor (comparing gold to green)
100
Pony lies to himself for a long time after the rumble.
What is because he does not want to accept that Johnny is dead.
100
Pony dreams or lies to himself for a long time after the rumble.
What is because he does not want to accept that Johnny is dead.
200
A comparison using like or as
What is simile
200
Handsome and reckless, wore a lot of rings
What is Bob
200
Who's the spy for the greasers?
What is Cherry.
200
Explain this quote: "if he lived...If?
What is Pony was shocked when he learned that Johnny may not survive his injuries.
200
Explain this quote: "I'd rather have anybody's hate than their pity"
What is Pony does not like how some people treat him when they find out about his family problems.
300
A reference to a person, movie or book
What is allusion
300
In and out of jail since age 10, but is a loyal friend
What is Dally
300
Which literary device is in this quote "I bet those were cool ol' guys...after I read the part about them riding into sure death"
What is an allusion (to Gone with the Wind.)
300
Shephard's gang is very different from Ponyboy's gang.
What is because they have a leader to follow while Pony's gang is just "buddies sticking together."
300
Soda is devastated after the mail comes one day.
What is when his letter to Sandy is returned unopened.
400
a hint or clue to future events
What is foreshadowing
400
This character looked "like a puppy that has been kicked too many times"
What is Johnny.
400
In the church, Johnny wasn't scared or seem defeated like he often did.
What is because he was "having the time of his life" doing the right thing.
400
Dally was very close to Johnny and loved him like a brother.
What is why did Dally break or have a hard time dealing with Johnny's death?
400
Darry and Pony chase after Soda and tackle him in the park.
What is because they play tug of war with him whenever they argue-trying to get him to pick a side.
500
When the opposite of what you would expect happens
What is irony
500
What literary device is this quote an example of? "Soda had this buckskin horse, only it wasn't his. It belonged to a guy who kept it at the stables"
What is flashback.
500
Who asked Johnny if he and his friends "are you just professional heroes or something?"
What is Jerry Wood (the kids' teacher)
500
Johnny's last words to Ponyboy told him to be true to himself
What is Stay gold, Pony, Stay gold.
500
Ponyboy writes this for his English assignment.
What is the book we read-the whole story of his brothers and his friends.
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