This vocabulary word associated with fiction means "the main character in a story."
What is the protagonist?
100
This vocabulary word associated with fiction means "time and place of the action."
What is the setting?
100
This vocabulary word associated with fiction means "narrarator is telling the story."
What is first person point-of-view?
100
This vocabulary word associated with fiction means "the writer's attitude toward the subject of a poem or story."
What is tone?
100
This vocabulary word associated with fiction means "when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story."
What is forshadow?
200
Which of the following could be a theme for "The Outsiders?"
A. Family will be there for you through thick and thin.
B. Nothing nor anyone is what they seem.
C. Like tends to hang with like.
What is answer choice A?
200
"The Outsiders" is written in first person point-of-view in order to -
a. to emphasize Ponyboy's grief when Johnny died.
b. to emphasize Ponyboy's emotions and thoughts throughout the novel.
c. to emphasize Ponyboy's thoughts and emotions about all the other characters.
What is B?
200
The climax of "The Outsiders" occurs when -
A. Ponyboy fights in the rumble eventhough he is sick.
B. Ponyboy meets Cherry at the movies.
C. Ponyboy becomes a hero during the fire.
What is C?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
You can use this whenever you do not understand a word in a question or answer choice during the STAAR test.
What is the dictionary?
200
Which of the following is not an antagonist for "The Outsiders?"
A. Dally robbing the store.
B. The Socs at school.
C. Characters who were scared of Greasers.
What is A?
300
An author who writes in this point-of-view wants his/her characters to express emotions and thoughts that can be shared with the reader.
What is third person omnicient point-of-view?
300
An author uses this type of conflict to show that an antagonist is using physical or verbal force against the protagonist.
What is external conflict?
300
This type of summary is written to help the reader understand what they have read.
What is B.M.E.?
300
An author uses this to help the reader understand something that has happened to a character before the current setting of a story, poem, or drama.
What is flashback?
300
Authors use adjectives like melancholy to help create this feeling or atmosphere of a poem, story, or drama for the reader.