Recall Questions
What is the meaning of "tuff" as opposed to "tough"?
sharp; cool
What type of figurative language is being used in the line, “Her hardest hue to hold”?
alliteration
When does Ponyboy’s “Call to Adventure” occur?
Ponyboy gains consciousness and finds that Johnny has stabbed a Soc.
What kind of figurative is this?
“Soda attracted girls like honey attracted flies.”
Simile
What occurs in the exposition of the novel?
Ponyboy leaves the movie theater alone and almost gets jumped by a group of Socs.
What are two rules the Greasers have for themselves?
Stick together and don't get caught.
What does the color gold symbolize in the line, “Nature’s first green is gold”?
Innocence
Who acts as Ponyboy's "mentor" into the "Spirit World"?
Dally
What kind of figurative is this?
“Dallas had a record with the fuzz a mile long.”
What occurs in the resolution of the novel?
Ponyboy is revealed to be the author of The Outsiders.
Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
Johnny does not have the support system of a family.
What is the speaker saying is significant about time in the line, “But only so an hour”?
Time and innocence are fleeting.
What event captures Ponyboy “Crossing the Threshold”?
The boys run away and hide out in the church.
What type of figurative language is this?
“There was a silent moment when everything held its breath.”
Personification
What P.O.V. is used in the novel?
First Person
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient
First Person
What does Cherry mean when she says, "Things are rough all over"?
Both the Socs and the Greasers have problems.
What is the poem’s message about all of the golden things in life, as in the title of the poem?
All the golden things in life do not last forever.
What is Ponyboy’s “Elixir” in the final stage of the Hero’s Journey?
Ponyboy decides to share his story with others.
OR
His knowledge that violence solves nothing.
What type of figurative language is this?
"Johnny was scared of his own shadow."
hyperbole
What type of conflict is demonstrated by this sentence?
“We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too. Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next.”
Character vs. Character
What do Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy mean?
He wants Ponyboy to remain unique and special.
What is the speaker implying by using the word “subsides” instead of a word like change in the line, “The leaf subsides to leaf”?
The negative connotation of the word “subsides” reflects the mood of the poem.
What event captures the “Ordeal” in the novel?
The Greasers face off with the Socs in a rumble.
What type of figurative language is this?
"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."
Allusion to Paul Newman
What theme is captured by this sentence?
“I could see boys going down under street lights because they were mean and tough and hated the world, and it was too late to tell them that there was still good in it, and they wouldn't believe you if you did. It was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was too late.”
Violence doesn't solve anything.