Vexing Vocabulary
"Wish I had a weed." The word weed is used for this
What is a cigarette?
During this element at the beginning of the story, these things happen.
What is the exposition. The exposition sets the stage, characters are introduced, setting is revealed?
This is the type of figurative language used when Johnny says, "Ain't you about to freeze to death, Pony?"
What is hyperbole, or over exaggeration?
He is the roughneck, dangerous delinquent of the group.
Who is Dally?
This is your opinion about if what Johnny and Pony did after the incident was the right thing to do.
What is ______________(answers will vary)
To do this means to cry very hard
What is to bawl?
This event is the climax of chapter 4.
What is Johnny killing Bob?
"White as a ghost" is this type of figurative language.
What is simile? or What is an idiom?
These are the 3 brothers in order from oldest to youngest.
Who are Darry, Soda Pop, and Pony Boy?
This is what you would've done differently if you were Johnny.
What is _________________(answers will vary)
Pony says, "You ain't a-woofin." A-woofin means this.
What is you aren't kidding? or what is you know it!
This is the instruction/advice given to PB and Johnny by Dallas.
What is to hop the 3:15 freight train to Windrixville, hide out in an abandoned church on Jay Hill, to buy a weeks worth of food before the story gets out, and not to even think about showing themselves before he comes to get them.
Name the figurative language used here:
His eyes were wild looking, like the eyes of an animal in a trap.
What is simile?
He is the comedian of the group.
Who is Two-Bit?
This is your interpretation of the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Answers will vary
Groggy means you are this.
What is barely awake, or foggy with sleep? The feeling of still being tired right after you wake up of right before you go to sleep.
In chapter 5 Pony Boy freaks out because Johnny tells him they both have to do this.
What is cut their hair?
"The water was like liquid ice..." is a bad example of this type of figurative language because
What is a simile? It is a bad example because water and ice are too similar to be a good comparision.
He is the leader of the rival greaser gang.
Who is Tim Shepard?
This is how most people justify Johnny's actions.
What is he acted in self-defense? or What is he did what he had to do to save his best friend from being drowned?
A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.
What is a premonition?
This is how Johnny and Pony killed time while hiding at the church.
What is read Gone with the Wind, and play poker?
"The horizon was a thin golden line" is this type of figurative lang.
What is a metaphor?
These are the two Soc girls in the middle of all the trouble.
Who are Cherry Valance and Marcia?
Explain if something like what happened at the park could happen today and what the consequences might be.
What is ___________________?(answers will vary)