Deeper Meaning
Plot Events, Etc.
Literary Terms
Literary Terms 2
Vocabulary
100

Why was it so important for the Curtis boys to stay out of trouble?

Darry was allowed to be the guardian after their parents' deaths, but if there were any problems, they would be split up.
100

At the end we find out that the novel is what in relation to Pony?

The novel is his English theme.

100

The struggle between opposing forces

conflict

100

When the tension starts to be relieved in the story.

Falling Action

100

Fill in the blank.

Socs sometimes get _____________________ in the paper for being a public disgrace.

editorials

200

What was the only thing Dally Winston ever cared about?

Johnny

200

What is one internal conflict from the novel?

Darry's silent fear - losing another loved one

Johnny feeling worthless - bad home life                   Dally's bitterness towards life

ETC

200

The atmosphere or feeling the reader gets from a literary work

Mood

200

The sunset in The Outsiders symbolizes what?

It is a symbol of the ways the Greasers and the Socs are not so different after all.

200

Fill in the blank.

Because she had not studied, Emma was somewhat ___________________ going into the first exam session.

apprehensive

300
What did Darry give up to take care of his brothers?

Darry gave up going to college on a football scholarship.

300

Why doesn't Randy fight in the rumble?

He is tired of the fighting/conflict. He believes there is no point. The Greasers will still be looked down upon and the Socs will still get all the breaks.

300
The perspective from which a story is told

Point-of-view

300

"Winter winds walloped my face."

This is an example of what?

Alliteration

300

The soldier's _____________________ act earned him a Purple Heart.

gallant

400

What does Soda do at the end of the novel that is out of character for him? Why is it out of character?

Soda runs off upset when Darry and Pony fight. He feels pulled in two different directions.

It is out of character because he is usually happy-go-lucky, smiling, and "drunk on life." Not much bothers Soda.

400

Explain, specifically, how Dally dies.

Dally robs a store, so the cops are after him. Once he is surrounded, he takes out his unloaded gun ("teaser heater") and waves it around. He knows they will think it's loaded and will shoot. In a round-about way, he kills himself. "He always gets what he wanted."

400

"The plot thickens"

Rising Action

400

"Johnny was scared of his own shadow."

What is this sentence an example of?

Hyperbole

(It is an exaggeration...he is not really scared of his shadow).

400

The _______________ group of swimmers took home every medal at the meet.

elite

500

What did Two-Bit seem most concerned with after Dally's death? Why?

He complained that he would not get his switchblade back. However, it was his attempt to avoid feeling the loss of Dally's death. He wished that was the only thing he had to worry about.

500

What did Johnny do at the drive-in that was out of character for him?

Johnny stood up to Dally - He told him to leave the Soc girls alone.

500

The author's attitude towards the subject

Tone

500

"So Eden sank to grief"

This is an example of what?

Allusion


500

Fill in the blank.

Somehow the criminals managed to _______________ the authorities after robbing the bank.

elude