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FICTION TEXT
VOCABULARY
LITERARY TERMS
NONFICTION TEXT
THE OUTSIDERS
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What is a character that is also telling the story?
Narrator
100
What is a synonym for the following words: a great amount, vastly
immensely
100
What is giving hints and clues of things to come in stories? What is restating scenes that have already happened in a story?
foreshadowing / flashback
100
What is a type of writing where the writer gives the date, personal feelings, and actions form the day.
journal
100
Who is the narrator and what character traits does he possess?
- Ponyboy - studious, serious, imaginative, and dreamer
200
What is a series of events in a story that guide the reader through the entire story?
plot
200
What is a synonym for the following words: mull over or think about
pondered
200
What are "Get off my back!", "You really put your foot in your mouth!", and "The traffic was heavy." examples of? What do these really mean?
Idioms definition: you don't get the literal meaning from what is spoken. These are usually regional because other areas may not use the same idioms.
200
What is giving additional information or describing a picture or illustration that is included with informational text?
caption
200
Why do you think that Johnny is aloof or standoffish with people?
- he feels unwanted by parents - beaten by his parents regularly
300
What is the point-of-view of "The Outsiders" being told?
first-person
300
What is an example of a partially covered porch?
veranda
300
What is the term for knowing how two or more things are the same and different?
compare and contrast
300
What is telling your own life-story?
autobiography
300
JWhat is an important rising action from The Outsiders?
Johnny killing the Soc to save Ponyboy
400
What is the setting of the following story: A farmer was driving his wagon along a miry road after a heavy rain. The horses could hardly drag the load through the deep mud, and at last came to a stand-still when one of the wheels sank to the hub in a rut....
1700's - 1800's - horse and wagon times, country, and after a lot of rainy weather.
400
What is another word for slyly, sneakily, and slickly
cunningly
400
What is looking at text, at-a-glance or previewing text prior to reading, and then giving an opinion of what the outcome may be?
making a prediction
400
What is the purpose of having subheadings within text?
In magazine articles and nonfiction text: organize information by subject matter keep like information together help find needed information quickly
400
What character traits does the fire bring out in Ponyboy?
- strength - daring - helpful - unselfish - courageous
500
How do fictional texts differ from nonfiction text structures?
Fictional texts do not typically have the following: headings / subheadings illustrations / photographs captions facts and opinions
500
What a person does to help someone in trouble of dying and what is ssometimes the outcome of the help
mourning and revive
500
What is the sheep saying, "Please bring me a pair of scissors, I am really hot and in need of a haircut." cn example of?
personification
500
-What are five (5) examples of nonfiction text?
- journal / diary - essay / article - newspaper / magazine - ads / classifieds / obituaries / weather / entertainment / movies / date - biography / autobiography - manuals
500
Why has Ponyboy's opinion of his and Darry's relationship changed?
Why has Ponyboy's opinion of his and Darry's relationship changed? He started out thinking that Darry hated him due to the constant yelling, and his saying that he doesn't care about him to seeing him at the hospital and noticing that Darry is crying from being scared that they had lost him forever.