The Outsiders: Characters
This character is the narrator of the novel.
Ponyboy
This is the repetition of sounds between two words.
Rhymes
Johnny and Ponyboy rescue children from this location
A church
This literary device is a direct comparison between two different things.
Metaphor
What happened to Ponyboy's parents?
They died in a car accident.
This character is considered to be "the gang's pet."
Johnny Cade
In this type of poem, the first letter of each new line spells out a word.
Acrostic
Ponyboy is jumped while walking home from this location in the first chapter.
The Movie Theatre
Simile
This is the author of The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
Red-headed Soc who drives a red Sting Ray Corvette
Cherry Valance
This poem contains three lines and originates from Japan.
A Haiku poem
This is the location where Bob is killed
The park
This literary device uses human traits to describe non-human things.
Personification
This is the decade during which The Outsiders is set
The 1960s
His prize possession is a 10 inch switch blade
Two-Bit
This type of poetry does not use any rhyme scheme and usually follows the rhythm of natural speech.
Free verse
Ponyboy, Dally and Johnny meet Cherry and Marcia here.
a drive-in movie theatre.
This literary device is an exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
This is the reason Johnny stabbed Bob
To save Ponyboy from being drowned in a fountain
He is considered to be the toughest member of the gang.
Dally
This poem is a five-line, usually humorous poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA.
A Limerick Poem
The name of the town that Johnny and Ponyboy ran away to.
Windrixville
This literary device is a word or phrase that shows you the sound something makes.
Onomatopoeia
This is the name of SodaPop's horse.
Mickey Mouse