The Outsiders
Greasers
Greasers
14 years old, He is smart and introspective
Ponyboy
The leader of the Socs and Cherry's boyfriend. Attacks Johnny and Ponyboy.
Bob
Who said, “Ponyboy, sometimes you just don’t use your head.”?
Darry
A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two dissimilar things that have qualities in common
Simile
the end of the story; the settling, the conclusion, the solving, the “untying.”
Resolution
16, a close friend to Ponyboy, and beloved by the entire gang. The greasers are his true family
Johnny
Bob's girlfriend. befriends Ponyboy early in the novel and helps him to see that Socs are people, too.
Cherry
Who said, “I‘ll bet you think the Socs have it made. The rich kids, the Westside Socs. I‘ll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a surprise. WE have troubles you‘ve never even heard of.”?
Cherry
The use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or effect
Hyperbole
EVERYTHING that occurs between Exposition and Climax; the bulk of the plot
Rising action
Sodapop's best friend. Works with Sodapop at the gas station and spends a lot of time at the Curtis home
Steve Randle
Cherry's best friend and Randy's girlfriend
Marcia
“We gotta get even with the Socs. For Johnny.”
Dally
When an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities
Personification
all that is left to happen as a result of the climax; the end of the story is near
Falling action
Leader of the Shepard gang, a gang friendly to, but tougher than, the greasers.
Tim Shepard
Bob's best friend and Marcia's boyfriend. Becomes introspective, befriends Ponyboy, and works to end the violence between the Socs and greasers
Randy
Who said, “If you don’t have anything, you end up like Dallas...and I don’t mean dead either. I mean like he was before. And that’s worse than dead.”
Sodapop
When words are used to stimulate one or more of the five senses
Imagery
turning point in the novel, from which everything else that happens is “downhill;” a single incident
Climax
The oldest of the greaser gang. quick-witted and always telling jokes
Two-Bit
A former football friend of Darry's from high school, he's gone to college and fights Darry during the rumble
Paul Holden
“Greasers will still be Greasers and Socs will still be Socs.”
Randy
To call something to mind without discussing it explicitly – an indirect or passing reference.
Allusion
The reader learns about the main character, Ponyboy, and his gang, the Greasers. Ponyboy reveals the rivalry between his gang and the West Side gang, the Socs. The Socs are rich, while the Greasers live in poverty. The story is set in Tulsa, OK in the 1960’s
Exposition