Monster
What crime is Steve Harmon accused of?
He is accused of acting as the lookout during a robbery that resulted in a murder.
Who are the two rival groups in the novel?
The Greasers and the Socs.
What figurative language is used?
"Johnny was jumpy as a cat."
Simile
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
Because Ponyboy was tired.
Fragment
It does not tell a complete thought.
What is Steve Harmon's age?
16 years old.
Why does Steve write his story as a movie screenplay?
Because he loves filmmaking and uses the screenplay format to help process what is happening to him.
Why do Ponyboy and Johnny hide in the church?
Because Johnny kills Bob while defending Ponyboy, and they are hiding from the police.
What figurative language is used?
"The wind whispered through the trees."
Personification
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
Steve waited nervously for the jury's decision.
Complete sentence
It has a subject (Steve) and tells a complete thought.
Who says:
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
Johnny Cade.
What does Steve mean when he calls himself a "monster"?
He wonders whether others see him as evil and questions his own identity.
What does Johnny mean when he tells Ponyboy to "Stay gold"?
He wants Ponyboy to keep his innocence, kindness, and hope.
What figurative language is used?
"Steve's heart was a ticking clock."
Metaphor
Which sentence is written correctly?
A. ponyboy ran into the burning church.
B. Ponyboy ran into the burning church
C. Ponyboy ran into the burning church.
D. ponyboy ran into the burning church
C
Ponyboy ran into the burning church.
It has a capital letter and end punctuation.
What poem is referenced in The Outsiders?
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Why is Steve upset when his attorney, Ms. O'Brien, does not hug him after the verdict?
Because he fears she still sees him as guilty or as a monster.
Why does Ponyboy finally understand Randy's point of view?
Because Ponyboy realizes that both the Socs and Greasers experience pain and loss.
Identify the alliteration:
"Ponyboy pushed past the pounding crowd."
The repeated p sound:
Ponyboy
pushed
past
pounding
What is the subject of this sentence?
Johnny saved the children from the fire.
Johnny
Johnny is who the sentence is about.
What is the last line of The Outsiders?
"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house..."
The novel ends where it began.
What is the central question Walter Dean Myers wants readers to consider?
Can a person be judged fairly by one mistake, their appearance, or the people around them?
What lesson does Ponyboy learn by the end of the novel?
That people should not be judged by their social group because everyone struggles in some way.
Identify BOTH figurative language devices:
"The flames danced wildly like excited children."
Personification:
The flames danced.
Simile:
Like excited children.
What is the predicate of this sentence?
Steve recorded his thoughts in his journal.
recorded his thoughts in his journal
The predicate tells what the subject does.
What universal theme do Monster and The Outsiders share?
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