Conflict
Man vs. Technology
Dally's blade busted that morning, so he didn't have it to fight Tim Shepard.
When Johnny and Ponyboy cut their hair, the blade is dull and hurts a lot.
The toughest hood in Ponyboy’s group of greasers.
Dallas "Dally" Winston
Oklahoma in the 1960s
Setting of the Novel.
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
FANBOYS ( coordinating conjunctions)
"They walked around slowly,silently, smiling."
Alliteration (repetition of similar sounds)
Man vs. Society
Everyone thinks Greasers are criminals.
Cherry Valence likes Ponyboy but knows she can't date a guy like him.
If Darry doesn't take care of the boys right they go into the foster system.
Bob’s girlfriend is a soc cheerleader whom Ponyboy meets at the movies. Her real name is Sherri.
Cherry Valance
Where is the character Cherry introduced?
At the drive in.
How can you get full points on an open ended question?
A.P.E.
“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...”.
Foreshadowing (dropping hints to the reader that something is going to happen)
Man vs. Self
Sodapop doesn't feel smart eough.
Ponyboy knows he shouldn't be walking home by himself.
Ponyboy and Johnny are embarrassed about dhing and cutting their hair.
Dally doesn't want to live anymore.
Ponyboy’s happy-go-lucky, handsome brother
Sodapop Curtis
Where do Johnny and Pony end up after Johnny kills Bob?
In an abandoned church.
Correct the sentence:
Mrs. Falcon can be very strict, but she has the biggest heart.
in between strict and but.
"If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked so many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you'll have Johnny."
Metaphor (Comparing two things that are not alike without using like or as)
Man vs. Nature
The rainstorm during the rumble
The fire eating the church building.
Johnny is in the hospital, trying to recover from his wounds.
Ponyboy’s oldest brother. He is a twenty-year-old greaser who is raising Ponyboy because their parents have died in a car crash.
Darrel “Darry” Curtis
Where do the greasers hang out?
Jay's and Dingo's
Correct the sentence:
Mrs. Falcon and Ms. Uribe need to grade papers however they would rather be at Starbucks getting coffee.
Semicolon after papers and comma after however.
Story is told in Ponyboy's point of view.
1st person
Man vs Man
The Greasers and the Socs
Johnny kills Bob in self-defense.
Cherry and Marcia don't want to leave with their drunk boyfriends.
The novel’s fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist are the youngest of the greasers.
Ponyboy Curtis
Where do Johnny and Ponyboy end up after the fire?
The Hospital.
Correct the sentence:
Ponyboy Curtis the reader Johnny Cade the sidekick Derry Curtis the protector and Dally Winston the bad boy are all greasers.
Ponyboy Curtis,the reader; Johnny Cade, the sidekick; Derry Curtis, the protector; and Dally Winston, the bad boy are all greasers.
Ponyboy recounts the story of when Johnny got beat up by a gang of Socs while Cherry and Pony were standing in line waiting to get popcorn at the drive-in.
Flashback (an instance of flashback; a past incident recurring vividly in the mind)