Figurative Language
Identify the Figurative Language
Plot
The Outsiders
Mixed Bag
100

Which type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare to two things?

Simile

100

What is type of figurative Language is this?

Susan is as gentle as a kitten.

Simile

100

Which part of the plot reveals the outcome of the conflict?

Resolution

100

Who said it? 

"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold"

Johnny

100

The moral of the story or lesson the author wants you to learn.

Theme

200

Which type of figurative language gives human qualities to something that is not human?

Personification

200

What type of figurative Language is this?

Hold your horses.

Idiom

200

Which part of the plot is at the beginning of a story and reveals the setting and characters?

Exposition

200

Identify the Greaser:

Toughest member of the gang; has been in jail

Dallas Winston (Dally)
200

The main structure or sequence of events that make up a story. What is this called?

Plot

300

Which type of figurative language uses words to represent sounds?

Onomatopoeia

300

What is Type of figurative Language is this?

Love is a gentle, sweet rose.

Metaphor

300

Which part of the plot is when the story is at its highest point of interest or at the turning point?

Climax

300

Who said it?

"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."

Randy (the Soc)

300

Which type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration? 

Hyperbole

400

Which type of figurative language compares two things WITHOUT "like" or "as"? 

Metaphor

400

Find the figurative language in this sentence.

The waterfall stretched for millions of miles.

Hyperbole

400

Which part of the plot is where the problem is revealed -- things get complicated?

Rising Action

400

Johnny bought this for Ponyboy, but he ends up enjoying it just as much himself.

The book, Gone With the Wind

400

Which type of figurative language is it when the same beginning sound is repeated two more times in one sentence or line of a poem?

Alliteration

500

Which type of figurative language uses words or phrases not meant to be taken literally?

EX: time flies when you're having fun.

Idiom

500

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

Don’t wear those big red Ironman boots to the party.

Allusion

500

Which part of the plot is where the events and complications of the story BEGIN to resolve themselves?

Falling Action

500

Who said it?

“It’s okay…we aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget that some of us watch the sunset, too.”

Ponyboy

500

Who is the author of the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," that has special meaning to Johnny at his death? 

Robert Frost