Outsiders Characters
This is a main character and narrator.
Ponyboy
Define what a theme is
A (hidden) idea/message represented in a text through characterisation.
Name the five different senses you can describe
See, Smell, Hear, Taste, Touch
Describe how the Greasers and the Socs are different in two ways.
Poor/Rich
Safe Families/Broken Families
Live in nicer suburbs/Poorer suburbs
Drive nice cars/walk
What technique uses 'like' 'though' 'as' if' to compare with another object.
Simile
These are the two main groups of people in the novel.
Give an example of a theme from a text
[Teacher's Discretion]
What sense is being described in the quote
'from a great distance, a low long whistle that went off in a sudden high note.'
Hearing imagery
Is this spoken by a greaser or Soc? How do you know?
"We'd have to anyway if we got caught. You know the first thing the judge does is make you get a haircut"
What technique makes things seem like a person.
Personification
Johnny
Give an example of a theme from 'The Outsiders'/Describe how 'The Outsiders' relates to the real world.
Family, Violence, Bravery, Loyalty, Class, Sexism, Teen smoking.
What sense is being described in the quote?:
'Johnny let me look in the old cracked mirror we'd found in a closet. I did a double take. My hair was even lighter than Sodapop's.'
Visual/Seeing imagery
Describe how Darry is characterised in the quote 'Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door.'
What is the technique that exaggerates descriptions of things.
Hyperboles
Name the eldest brother in Ponyboy's family who is hard on him.
Darry.
What is a one theme in 'The Outsiders' shown in the church fire chapter? Name a character who represents this theme.
Bravery-Johnny, Ponyboy, Dally
Youth Smoking- Ponyboy
Family- Ponyboy, Darry, Sodapop
Name one technique that is useful in giving imagery.
Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Hyperbole, [Teacher's Judgement]
Describe Ponyboy's characterisation in the novel in two to three words.
Emotional, intelligent, respectful, self-respecting, tough, loving, compassionate,
What technique with a long name is good for describing sounds.
Onomatopoeia
This character could represent themes of sexism.
Dally
Why/how are themes important to texts?
Feeling imagery
What is characterisation?
The process of creating and shaping how a character is shown to an audience.
Create and share a simile describing Ponyboy or Dally.
[Teacher Discretion]