The Outsiders
The Outsiders
Literary Terms
100

The poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny.

What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"

100

They went into the church to save the kids.

What did Johnny and Ponyboy do at the end of chapter six?

100

The time and place of a story.

What is setting?

200

Darry hit Pony.

Why did Pony run away?

200

The book that Pony was reading to Johnny.

What is Gone with the Wind?

200

When non-living things are given human traits.

What is personification?

300

Bob and Randy. (girlfriends)

Who are Cherry and Marcia's boyfriends?

300

The title of the poem Ponyboy recited.

What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"

300

A comparison of two separate things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

400
He fell asleep in the vacant lot with Johnny.

Why was Ponyboy late getting home from the Nightly Double?

400

They reminded Johnny of Dally.

Who did the southern gentlemen remind Johnny of?

400

The perspective from which a story is told.

What is point of view?

500
A Soc, Cherry's boyfriend, the boy that Johnny killed.

Who is Bob?

500

"Money, maybe a gun, and a plan."

What did Johnny say him and Pony would need after killing Bob?

500

A reference to another piece of literature or art.

What is an allusion?