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Literary Elements
100
This character is a high school dropout and keeps peace in his home.
Who is Sodapop?
100

"Two-Bit was suddenly there beside me, and for once his comical grin was gone and his dancing gray eyes were stormy.

What is personification?
100
"...you get tough like me and you don't get hut.  You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you..."
Who is Dally?
100
This character stops Dally from harassing Cherry and Marcia at the movies.
Who is Johnny?
100
This literary element is being used in the following sentence:  "The liked the Beetles and thought Elvis Presley was out."
What is an allusion?
200
This character enjoys reading and questions the need for violence.
Who is Ponyboy?
200

Johnny was like a little dark puppy.

What is simile? 
200
"I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them.  It seems like they were never there before."
Who is Johnny?
200
Johnny carries this because he was jumped by the Socs.
What is a switchblade?
200

The Outsiders is told in this point of view.

What is first person point of view.
300
This character acts like a spy prior to the rumble.
Who is Cherry?
300

The blue Mustang vroomed off.

What is onomatopoeia? 
300
"If we don't have each other, we don't have anything.  If you don't have anything, you end up...worse than dead."
Who is Sodapop?
300
This was the book that Ponyboy and Johnny read while they were hiding out in the church.

What is Gone with the Wind?

300
This is the main conflict of the story.
What is the feud between the greasers and the Socs.
400
This character works with Soda and steals cars.
Who is Steve?
400

Living in those conditions might have turned someone else rebellious and bitter.  It was killing Johnny.

What is hyperbole?
400
"...you don't just stop living because you lose someone."
Who is Darry?
400
This was the title of the poem that Ponyboy recited.
What is Nothing Gold can Stay?
400
Ponyboy wrestling with his identity is an example of this type of conflict.
What is man versus himself?
500
This character confides in Ponyboy and refuses to fight in the rumble.
Who is Randy?
500

"Man, your brother is one doll."

What is metaphor?
500
"...don't get tough.  You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be..."
Who is Two-Bit?
500
In order to bring his grade up in English class, Ponyboy must do this.
What is write a theme?
500
The fact that the reader knows that Darry loves Ponyboy, but Ponyboy doesn't know it is this type of irony.
What is dramatic irony?