Literary Terms
Characters
Plot
Plot
Author
100
This is the perspective or point of view from which the story is told.
What is first person?
100
This character is flunking math and gym.
Who is M and M?
100
The group of kids who invite Bryon to their parties because they want to look liberal.
What is the socs?
100
This is where Bryon takes a job.
What is the supermarket?
100
The author's first book was this.
What is The Outsiders?
200
The story is told by a _________, in this case it is Bryon.
What is a narrator?
200
This character had formerly been attending a private school.
Who is Cathy?
200
This is the sentence given to the Texans.
What is life in prison?
200
This is where Mark was when his parents shot each other.
What is under the porch?
200
Besides her first novel and this novel, two of the author's other books were . . .
What is Rumble Fish, Tex, Taming the Star Runner?
300
The fact that Mark steals a car to go see his probation officer, and he is on probation in the first place for stealing a car is an example of this.
What is irony?
300
This character's father was a rodeo cowboy.
Who is Mark?
300
This is why Charlie says he's not being drafted.
What is he has a criminal record?
300
Bryon won't let Mark fight the guys who beat him up because he says he is tired of getting _______.
What is even?
300
The author's initials S.E. stand for this.
What is Susan Eloise?
400
The following sentence: "Mark was small and compact, with strange golden eyes and hair to match and a grin like a friendly lion," contains an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
400
This is the last name of the gang of brothers who beat up Bryon.
What is Shepard?
400
This is what Mark gives to Bryon before he goes to the dance.
What is a blue shirt?
400
A couple of days after Bryon was beaten up, he went for a drive alone and stopped here to say thank you.
What is Charlie's grave/cemetery?
400
The character who appears in this book who was also a main character in the author's first book is _____.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
500
Because this book is about growing up and maturing, it is an example of this type of novel.
What is a "coming of age" novel?
500
This is the character who was responsible for Mark getting beat up at the dance.
Who is Angela?
500
This is the name given to M and M at the hippie house.
What is Baby Freak?
500
This is what Mark tells Bryon when he visits him in prison and says to Mark, "We were like brothers. You were my best friend."
What is That Was Then, and This Is Now?
500
This is the person who was responsible for the author getting over her writer's block while writing this book.
Who is her boyfriend/now husband?