The Outsiders
When and where is The Outsiders set?
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the 1960s.
Who says this, and what kind of literary device is it?
"If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny"
Ponyboy says this in his narration.
It is an example of zoomorphism/ metaphor.
In which city and state in America is 'The Blind Side' set?
Memphis, Tennessee
Describe 3 different kinds of camera shots and what proportion of characters they could show.
Extreme close up: details of character's faces or bodies (i.e. fingers)
Close up: character's whole face
Mid shot: character's face and upper body
Long shot: character's whole body
Extreme long shot: shows the character in their environment, shows the background setting
What does the acronym 'TEEL' stand for?
(the E's can be swapped in order)
Topic Sentence
Explanation / Evidence
Evidence / Explanation
Linking sentence
What are the defining features of the Greasers? (Example: the Socs are rich, drive nice cars, and wear madras shirts.)
The Greasers are poorer, have long greasy hair, wear jeans and jackets, and drive old, beat-up cars.
Who says this, and what kind of literary device is it?
"But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever. I didn't think he'd ever get over it. Johnny never walked by himself after that. And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He'd use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. They had scared him that much. He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body..."
Ponyboy says this in his narration.
It is an example of foreshadowing.
Who says this and when? "You really expect Michael to lay down on a couch and talk about his childhood like he's Woody Allen or something? I mean, Michael's gift is his ability to forget. He's mad at no one and he really doesn't care happened in the past."
Sean Tuohy says this to Leigh-Anne Tuohy after Michael has run away (after the first meeting with the inspector)
What are three ways that actors communicate information about their characters?
Facial expressions
Body language
Gestures and movements (including little quirks)
Tone of voice
What is wrong with this Topic Sentence?
"In The Blind Side Michael gets a lot of help from the Tuohy family."
- it mentions specific characters and events
- it is not idea-based
Which two characters die, and how?
Johnny dies from his injuries after the church fire, and Dally is shot by police.
Who says this and what kind of literary device is it?
"We backed against the fountain and the Socs surrounded us. They smelled so heavily of whiskey and English Leather that I almost choked.”
Ponyboy says this in his narration.
It is an example of sense imagery.
Who says this and when?
"Hey... crotchmouth! Yeah, you! Zip it, or I'll come up there and zip if for ya!"
Leigh Anne says this to the heckler in the crowd behind her during Michael's first big football match.
Which of the following would NOT be counted as mise en scene?
props, hair, makeup, actors, background setting, music, animals, furniture
music
Write a full sentence which contextualises and embeds this quote (or part of the quote)
"I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't know what a few months in jail can do to you"
You can use the template: Before/during/after/when/while __________, [character] says/tells __ /explains/warns/pleads/insists, "[quote]"
After Johnny says that he wants to go to the police and confess that he killed Bob, Dally responds, "I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't know what a few months in jail can do to you."
Who says "things are rough all over" and when?
Cherry Valance, when she is talking to Ponyboy at the drive-in movie theatre.
Who says this, when, and what kind of literary device is it?
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..."
Johnny Cade says this when he is dying.
It is an example of ALLUSION (it is an allusion to the Robert Frost poem 'Nothing Gold Can Stay')
Describe at least five different times that we see Michael in a car.
1. In the flashback to when he's being taken away from his family by Child Protection
2. When he is being driven to Wingate Christian School by Big Tony, his friend Stephen's father
3. When Leigh Anne drives him to the Tuohy house (after seeing him walking alone in the rain)
4. When Leigh Anne tells him that he needs new clothes and asks him to tell her one thing about himself (he says 'I don't like being called Big Mike)
5. When he and Leigh Anne pull up at Hurt Village
6. When he and SJ are singing before getting into the accident
7. When the Tuohys drive him to college
Identify a scene or moment in the Blind Side when lighting is used to create meaning (different colour lighting, natural or artificial, warm or cool)
Multiple examples
i.e. cold, blue dark lighting in the flashback to when Michael is being taken away
Warm, comforting lighting in the Tuohy family home
Dark, cold lighting when Michael is in the rain
etc etc
What should go in an introduction? (acronym: CFACTS)
Context, Form, Author, Contention, Title, Signposting
List the three Curtis brothers from oldest to youngest.
Darry, Sodapop, Ponyboy.
Who says this, and what kind of literary device is it?
"It was almost four months ago… It was a warmish spring day with the sun shining bright, but it was getting chilly and dark by the time we started for home. We were walking because we had left Steve's car at the station. At the corner of our block there's a wide, open field where we play football and hang out, and it's often a site for rumbles and fist fights... Johnny was lying face down on the ground. Soda turned him over gently, and I nearly got sick. Someone had beaten him badly.”
Ponyboy says this in his narration.
It is an example of a FLASHBACK.
What is the first thing Michael asks for while living at the Tuohys?
He asks for help getting a drivers license
Who says this, and what poem is he talking about? “Any fool can have courage. But honor, that’s the real reason for you either do something or you don’t. It’s who you are and maybe who you want to be.”
Michael Oher says this when writing about The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson
What tense do you use when talking about events from a novel or film? (past, present, or future?)
Present tense