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The Outsiders
Romeo & Juliet
Characterization & Lit. Elements
Poetry Terms
More Fig. Lang.
100
This was the name of the Soc that Johnny killed.
Who is Bob?
100
Romeo and Juliet kiss this many times at the party.
What is 2 times?
100
This type of character does not change throughout the story.
What is a static character?
100
This is the number of syllables in a line of iambic pentameter.
What is 10?
100
“So far from sounding and discovery, As is the bud bit with an envious worm Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air Or dedicate his beauty to the sun.” Name the figurative language in this passage.
What is simile?
200
This is the name of the book that Ponyboy reads to Johnny in the abandoned church.
What is Gone with the Wind?
200
This is the reason Capulet throws the masquerade party.
What is so that Juliet can meet Paris and/or find a husband.
200
Name two characters from The Outsiders that can be considered static characters.
Who is Two-Bit, Steve, or Sodapop?
200
This term describes a line of poetry without punctuation at the end.
What is enjambment?
200
"Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything, of nothing first created! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!” Name the figurative language in this passage.
What is oxymoron/antithesis?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! After Ponyboy talks to Cherry, what does he think about the Socs vs. the greasers?
What is they are not that different. They watch the same sunsets. The only thing that separates them is money. The Socs get all the breaks, and the greasers were just born into a tough situation.
300
Shakespeare writes in iambic pentameter for these two reasons.
What is so that the lines are easy to remember and to differentiate between social classes.
300
This is the type of character that changes throughout the story
What is a dynamic character?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Define "pentameter."
What is a term indicating that a line of poetry has five poetic feet consisting of two syllables each. (10 syllables total)
300
"With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs;” Name the figurative language in this passage.
What is hyperbole?
400
These were the instructions Dally gave Johnny and Ponyboy after Johnny killed the Soc.
What is hop a train to Windrixville, buy supplies, and hide out in the old abandoned church.
400
Name two allusions from Romeo and Juliet.
What is Phoebus/Phaeton, Echo, Cupid, cockatrice, Venus.
400
Name two characters from The Outsiders that could be considered dynamic characters.
Who is Johnny, Dally, or Darry?
400
This is a synonym for "blank verse."
What is iambic pentameter?
400
Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, Toward Phoebus' lodging. Such a wagoner As Phaeton would whip you to the west. What kind of figurative language does this contain?
What is an allusion?
500
Johnny goes through a series of changes throughout the story. Name three significant changes in Johnny's character throughout the novel.
What is when he talks back to Dally, when he kills the Soc, and when he saves the children from the burining church.
500
Name two instances of foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet.
What is when the Friar makes the sleeping potion, the entire Prologue, Romeo's dream.
500
Name the type of point of view that The Outsiders is told in.
What is first person?
500
Define "iamb."
What is a poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable follwed by a stressed syllable?
500
That “banishèd,” that one word “banishèd” Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalt’s death Was woe enough, if it had ended there. Name the figurative language in this passage.
What is hyperbole?