The Outsiders
Reading skills
Bonus fun
Figurative language
Conflict
100

This character is the narrator of The Outsiders.

Who is Ponyboy Curtis?

100

The lesson or message an author wants readers to learn.

What is theme?

100

This holiday is celebrated on July 4 every year.

What is Independence Day?

100

He was as fast as a cheetah.

What is a simile?

100

A character struggles with his or her own thoughts or feelings

What is internal conflict?

200

This group is known for having money and driving nice cars.

Who are the Socs?

200

The point of view in The Outsiders.

What is first-person point of view? First-person point of view means the narrator is a character in the story and tells the events using words like "I," "me," "my," and "we." Readers only know what that character sees, thinks, and feels.

200

Students at our school return to class on this date.

When is August 24?

200

Buzz! Boom! Splash!"

What is onomatopoeia

200

A character has a disagreement or fight with another character.

What is person vs. person?

300

Ponyboy and Johnny hide here after Bob is killed.

What is the abandoned church on Jay Mountain?

300

The sequence of events in a story.

What is plot?

300

These two countries will play in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final.

Who are Argentina and Spain?

300

The classroom was a zoo."

What is a metaphor?

300

A character battles a storm, wildfire, flood, or another force of nature.

What is person vs. nature?

400

This Soc girl befriends Ponyboy and Johnny at the drive-in.

Who is Cherry Valance?

400

The part of the plot where the main conflict reaches its highest point.

What is the climax?

400

Who was Rachel Carson?

What is a marine biologist?

400

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

What is hyperbole?

400

A girl is nervous about giving a speech and wonders if she should do it.

What is person vs. self?

500

These are Ponyboy's two older brothers.

Who are Darry and Sodapop?

500

The rhyme pattern ABAB or AABB is called this.

What is a rhyme scheme?

500

This is the special event many 8th graders attend at the end of the school year.

What is Dave & Buster's? or lunchin

500

The stars danced across the sky.

What is personification?

500

Johnny and Ponyboy run into the burning church to save the children.

What is person vs. nature?