The Outsiders
Grammar
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Writing
100

Who is the narrator of The Outsiders? 

Who is Ponyboy Curtis? 

100
The word "pretty" is what part of speech? 

What is an adjective?

100

What is, "an award or privilege given as a special honor?"

What is an accolade?

100
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" is what? 

What is a simile?

100

Which paragraph comes first in an essay?

What is an introduction.

200

Who is Johnny's hero? 

Who is Dallas Winston.

200

"Is" is an example of a linking verb or an action verb? 

What is a linking verb? 

200

What the vocabulary word that matches, "Feeling or appearing very calm and relaxed; often uninterested (whether on purpose or not!)"

What is nonchalant.

200

A direct comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as" is a what? 

What is a metaphor?

200

What is an attention getter sentence that makes your reader want to read more? 

What is a hook? 

300

Why does Ponyboy say that he killed Bob? 

What is he is denial. 

300
In the sentence: I'm running through the forest, "through the forest" is an example of what?

What is a prepositional phrase?

300

What is, "Being accepting of someone or anything that is different from you?" 

What is tolerant?

300

Romeo killing himself because he thinks his beloved Juliet is dead already even though the audience knows he's not is an example of what? 

What is dramatic irony? 

300

Every body paragraph needs what to make it a perfect hamburger? 

What is text evidence. 

400

Why does Ponyboy want to write his thesis for his English teacher on Johnny and Dallas's deaths? 

What is he wants people to know that they're not alone if they're struggling. 

400
In the sentence, "Martha is bringing the sweet potatoes to Thanksgiving." Who/what is the subject? 

Who is Martha.

400

What is, "to agree?" 

What is to concur.
400
"The flowers danced and swayed in the wind as if they were in a trance, floating around the ball room," is an example of what type of figurative language? 

What is personification? 

400

Putting the author's words into your own is an example of what? 

What is a paraphrase.

500

What do the characters mean when they say they watch the same sunset? 

What is they are all not so different from one another.

500

In the sentence, "He studied for too long last night?" "too long" is an example of what? 

What is an adverb.
500

What is, "hardship or hard times?"

What is adversity.

500

Making a reference to another period of literature, history, the bible or folklore (fairy tales) is an example of what type of figurative language? 

What is an allusion?
500

If you don't cite the source where your research came from, what does this result in? 

What is plagiarism.