The Outsiders
This line from Robert Frost helps shape Johnny’s final message and serves as the novel’s central theme about youth and innocence.
What is “Nothing gold can stay”?
This weapon becomes Samuel’s primary tool for hunting and defense throughout his journey.
What is a musket?
“The classroom was a zoo”
What is a metaphor?
A phrase that means something different from its literal words, often culturally specific, is known as this.
What is an idiom?
Running through the park on a windy afternoon.
What is a sentence fragment?
This decision by Ponyboy at the novel’s end shows his growth from reacting emotionally to thinking critically about identity, empathy, and purpose.
What is writing his English assignment as his own story/The Outsiders?
This Loyalist-controlled city exposes Samuel to hunger, corruption, and cruelty during the Revolutionary War.
What is New York City?
This figurative technique appeals to the reader’s senses to create a vivid mental picture.
What is imagery?
When a phrase is intentionally overstated to create humor or emphasis, this figurative technique is used.
What is hyperbole?
Because she studies hard for the test, she earned a strong score!
What is a complete sentence?
This character’s internal conflict between toughness and sensitivity is revealed through his love of horses, sunsets, and poetry.
Who is Johnny Cade?
This skill, taught to Samuel by his father, allows him to travel unseen and survive dangerous territory.
What is moving silently through the woods / tracking?
“The wind whispered through the trees” uses this figurative device.
What is personification?
When Ponyboy describes Johnny as looking “like a little dark puppy that had been kicked too many times,” this type of figurative language is used.
What is a simile?
Because the storm was approaching so quickly.
What is a sentence fragment?
This symbolic item represents the Greasers’ desire to hold onto innocence and beauty in a world filled with violence and division.
What is the sunset?
This Native American character rescues Samuel after he is wounded and nurses him back to health.
Who is John Thornton?
When a writer repeatedly uses an object, color, or action to represent a deeper meaning, it is known as this.
What is symbolism?
When Ponyboy vividly describes the church fire with sensory details like heat, smoke, and sound, Hinton is primarily using this figurative technique.
What is imagery?
I wanted to go to the concert it was sold out by the time I got there.
What is a run-on sentence?
This moment marks the first time Ponyboy realizes that the Socs experience fear and pain just like the Greasers, challenging his black-and-white view of the two groups.
What is when Ponyboy talks with Randy at the Tasty Freeze after Bob’s death?
This British military leader orders harsh treatment of colonists, reinforcing Samuel’s understanding of war’s brutality.
Who is General Howe?
When an author hints at a future event without stating it directly, this technique is being used.
What is foreshadowing?
When Paulsen describes the forest as “a protective blanket that swallowed him whole,” this figurative device is being used.
What is personification?
She loves to read mystery novels he prefers science fiction instead.