The Outsiders
Week 2 Vocabulary
Week 3 Vocabulary
Week 4 Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

The main protagonist (and also narrator) of The Outsiders. 

Who is Ponyboy? 

100

Where and when a story takes place.

Setting

100

a "look back" at an event that happened before the story began

What is a flashback?

100

a character’s thoughts and feelings on the world around them and the events in a story.

What is perspective? 

100

How old was Queen Elizabeth when she died? 

96

200

The group that Ponyboy and his brothers belong to. 

Who are the greasers? 

200

Explaining, people, places, and situations that already happened

What is Exposition?
200

 the main character in a story

Who is the protagonist? 

200

the narrator’s position in telling a story. It can be either first, second, or third person.

What is point of view? 

200

Who sang the song "Happy" - featured on the Descipable Me 2 movie soundtrack.

Who is Pharrell Williams?
300

The main antagonist of The Outsiders (the group that jumps Ponyboy and his friends all the time).

Who are the socs? 

300

What is going on in the story right now (in the moment)

What is plot? 

300

the person who opposes the main character

Who is the antagonist?

300

the person telling the story

Who is the narrator? 

300

Which song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee has the most views (of all time) on YouTube?

What is “Despacito.”

400

The point of view that The Outsiders is written in.

What is first-person? 

400

A short response that includes the important details, key words, and main ideas of what happened in the book.

What is a summary?

400

when you have to guess what a character is like based on what they say, think, effects on others, actions and looks

What is indirect characterization? 

400

When a character in the story is telling the story and they use words like I, me, we, and my

What is first person Point of View? 

400

Which rapper's real name is Onika Tanya Maraj? 

Nicki Minaj

500

The girl who talked to Ponyboy at the drive-in movie theater (and said she also likes sunsets)

Who is Cherry Valance? 

500

when the narrator comes right out and tells you what a character is like

What is direct characterization?

500

A hint or clue about something that will happen later in the story

What is foreshadowing?

500

When the narrator is not in the story and is telling the reader what happens in the story

What is third person Point of View?

500

What legume is the main ingredient in hummus? 

Chickpeas / garbanzo beans