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The Outsiders
Grab Bag
100
This type of punctuation is inserted into a sentence where there is a natural pause.
What is a comma?
100
This comes down but never goes up.
What is rain?
100
A type of poem with no apparent rhyme scheme or meter.
What is a free verse poem?
100
The 3 Curtis Brothers.
Who are Darry, Sodapop and Ponyboy.
100
Winnipeg was named after this popular character.
Who is Winnie the Pooh?
200
"doesn't" and "don't" are examples of this.
What is contractions?
200
This has 4 eyes but can't see/
What is Mississippi?
200
"Jumbo Shrimp" is an example of this figurative device.
What is an oxymoron?
200
Johnny and Ponyboy run away to this town after the murder.
What is Windrixville?
200
The main purpose of poetry is to deliver this.
What is the author's message?
300
"I ran home as fast as I could," said Bob. is an example of this kind of quotation.
What is a direct quotation?
300
This is so delicate that saying its name breaks it.
What is silence?
300
Reference to a literary work or historical place or event in piece of literature
What is an allusion?
300
This is the side of the city that the Socs are from.
What is the West side?
300
In the song "The 12 days of Christmas" the geese are doing this.
What is laying?
400
"cool" and "tuff" are examples of this kind of language.
What is slang?
400
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die.
What is nothing?
400
A simile and a metaphor are both examples of this.
What is a comparison?
400
Ponyboy's English teacher.
Who is Mr. Syme?
400
A sonnet usually has this many lines.
What is 14?
500
The chief of police said we had nothing to worry about. is a type of this kind of quotation.
What is an indirect quotation?
500
This has one eye but cannot see.
What is a needle?
500
"Bright" compared to "radiant" is an example of this figurative device.
What is diction?
500
S.E. Hinton was this old when she began writing The Outsiders.
What is 15.
500
This author wrote the children's classic "Green Eggs and Ham"
Who is Dr. Seuss?