Literary Elements
A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Foreshadowing
I was shaking like a leaf.
Simile
Ponyboy Curtis, a Greaser who resides in a small town in Oklahoma during the 1960s, gets jumped by a group of Socs on his way home from the movie theater. Luckily, he is rescued by his brothers and Greaser friends.
Exposition
A symbol from the novel that represents unity and connection. Even though the greasers and Socs come from different sides, maybe they are not so different after all.
The sunset.
Ms. Fusco's dog's name. (bonus 100 points for the breed)
Frosty (maltipoo)
The type of characterization that shows a character’s traits using dialogue, actions, viewpoint, characters’ word choice, and other non-explicit details.
Indirect characterization
Compared to Johnny's home, mine is heaven.
Metaphor
The Greasers defeat the Socs in a rumble, Johnny passes away, and Dally commits suicide.
Climax
How would you properly cite a quote from page 14 of The Outsiders in MLA format with punctuation?
(Hinton 14).
FANBOYS are this type of transitional word.
Coordinating conjunction
When the opposite of what one would expect to happen, actually happens.
Irony (situational)
He would have run away a million times if we had not been there.
Hyperbole
The church catches on fire. Ponyboy and Johnny heroically rescue children from the burning church, and Johnny is badly injured.
Rising action
The following quote reveals that The Outsiders is this type of plot structure.
"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home..."
Circular plot
The correct punctuation for using a conjunctive adverb in a compound sentence.
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A brief and indirect reference to a famous person, another literary work, or historical event.
Allusion
Even as the policeman's gun spit fire into the night, Dally raised his.
Personification
A group of drunk Socs jump Ponyboy and Johnny in the park. Johnny fatally stabs a Soc named Bob in self defense. Pony and Johnny flee the scene and the town in fear of police trouble.
Inciting incident
“I busted the end off my bottle and held on to the neck and tossed away my cigarette. ‘You get back into your car or you'll get split.’ ...They looked kind of surprised, and one of them backed up."
The quote above reveals that Ponyboy is what type of character? (static, dynamic, flat, or round)
Dynamic (and round)
Ms. Fusco's favorite animal.
A mouse
A polite way of saying something that might be sad, unpleasant, insulting, or shocking. For example, rather than describing someone who’s chatty as “they talk too much” you may prefer to say “they are very social.”
Euphemism
The ground rushed up to meet me very suddenly.
Personification
Ponyboy sits down to write his theme for English class, which becomes The Outsiders.
Resolution
Why does the author, S.E. Hinton, compare Bob to some of the greasers? (His smile was like Soda's and his temper was like Dally's)
To show that even though they are different, they have things in common.
The italicized portion of the following sentence is known as:
Marco and Alex were tired, running up the stairs.
Participial phrase