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Sometimes I just don't use my head. It drives my brother Darry nuts.
What is an Idiom?
"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."
Who is Ponyboy?
Where the characters/setting are introduced
What is the Exposition?
Showing respect, honesty, and support to those you care about. Standing up for your friends no matter what.
What is Loyalty?
The novel is written in ______________ POV
What is first person?
Johnny was scared of his own shadow.
What is a Hyperbole?
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset."
Who is Cherry Valance?
The series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.
What is the Rising Action?
Becoming mature and realizing that there are bad things that happen in the world.
What is the cruel reality?
The narrator is _______________
Who is Ponyboy?
I stood there like a bump on a log
What is a Simile?
"Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep."
Who is Sodapop Curtis?
The turning point of the story; the central conflict reaches it's most significant point
Keeping to your morals and beliefs. They are the code by which you live.
What is staying true to your values?
"We're gonna do you a favor, greaser. We're gonna cut all that long greasy hair off."
What is a Soc?
His eyes are dark brown - lively, dancing, recklessly laughing eyes that can be gentle and sympathetic one moment and blazing with anger the next.
What is Personification?
"He had quite a reputation. They have a file on him down at the police station. He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodeos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kids- he did everything. I didn't like him, bu the was smart and you had to respect him."
Who is Dallas Winston?
End of the story where major loose ends are tied up
What is the Resolution?
Trying to discover the kind of person you would like to become.
What is the struggle to find your identity?
"They didn't hurt you too bad, did they?"
Who is Darry?
BOOM! As I heard the gunfire, I saw Dally fall to the ground.
What is an Onomatopoeia?
"She was finishing the Coke Dally had given her. I realized then that ___________ and Cherry weren't alike."
Who is Marcia?
Stay Gold, Ponyboy.
What were Johnny's last words?
All good things must come to an end.
What is the Nothing Gold Can Stay poem?
"Easy, Ponyboy. They ain't gonna hurt you no more."
Who is Sodapop?