The Outsiders
Short Stories
Figurative Language
Random, NOT English
Writing
100

Greasers carry these weapons.

Switchblades

100

Setting means both _____ and ______. 

time and place

100

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

Simile

100

The only continent without an active volcano.

Australia

100

A direct quote needs this punctuation.

Quotation Marks

200

Sodapop, Ponyboy, and Darry's last name.

Curtis

200

The Greek name for Hercules (spelled correctly).

Heracles

200

A phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the whole phrase.

Idiom
200

The LEAST favorite flavor of ice cream in America.

Rocky Road

200

____ comes after evidence in a body paragraph. 

Explaining/Explanation

300

The author of "The Outsiders"


S.E. Hinton (Susan Eloise)

300

The message of the story is also known as this.

Theme

300

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Personification

300

The highest-grossing holiday movie of all time.

Home Alone

300

Evidence means _____. (one word)

proof
400

The decade of the setting is the 19__'s

1960s

400

In "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," this happened to the Bittering family. 

They turned into Martians. 

400

Alliteration is the repeating of THIS letter type.

Consonants

400

The first toy advertised on TV.

Mr. Potato Head

400

With _ (who OR whom) _ do you want to work on the project? Explain why.

Whom - because you could exchange it for "him" / it's a direct object.

500

Ponyboy and Johnny run to _____ (town name) after killing Bob.

Windrixville

500

Juliane Koepcke showed she was determined after this happened to her. 

Fell out of the sky from an airplane crash. 

500

Over-exaggeration or "Teenage Girl Syndrome" is this type of figurative language

Hyperbole

500

The country that the first Starbucks opened outside of North America.

Japan

500

The topic I'm agreeing or disagreeing with (in argument writing) is called this. 

The Claim