The Outsiders #1
The Outsiders #2
The Outsiders #3
The Outsiders #4
Vocabulary Ch. 1-4
100

This character comes from an abusive/neglectful home 

Who is Johnny Cade

100

This character is the narrator of the story 

Who is Ponyboy Curtis

100

These are two character traits you could use to describe Ponyboy

What are Kind, Loyal, Smart, Sensitive, Brave, Perceptive, Naïve

100

These are character traits of Cherry and Marcia. 

She tries to see the good in all people, people can still get along even if they are different. 

100

The act of competing

What is rivalry?

200

The Greasers identity is very important to them. This is considered a big part of their identity. 

What is their hair?

200

This is one trademark "look" the Greasers are known for

What is long hair that is slicked back

Also acceptable: worn clothing, jeans, leather jackets

200

List types of figurative language that S.E. Hinton uses in his novel The Outsiders

dialogue, flashbacks, foreshadowing, and symbolism

200

This is the youngest member of the greasers is

Who is Ponyboy

200

resembling something that is usually genuwine.

What is imitation?

300

This happened to Ponyboy's parents 

What is they died in a car crash

300

This is what the name Socs is short for

What is the Socials

300

These are the names of Ponyboy's brothers

Who are Darry and Sodapop

300

This character stands up for Cherry at the drive-in movies

Who is Johnny

300

Removed of distant physically or emotionally

What is aloof?

400

This is the point-of-view The Outsiders is written in

What is first-person point of view

400

Who is considered to be the favorite member of the Greasers? 

Who is Johnny?

400

What is the meaning of the term bias?

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

400

Describe some thoughts that Ponyboy has of Darry. 

doesn't love him, is hard on him, he is only a problem for Darry

400

Anticipation of an event without conscious reason

What is premonition?

500

This is why warfare between the Socs and greasers is going on

What is Social Class (those with power & money and those without)

Also acceptable: What is the Socs are jerks. Plain and simple. 

500

Describe the symbolism shown with the sunset in the first few chapters of The Outsiders

The connection between people that they share. 

500

How does Cherry affect the plot of the story? 

She helps Ponyboy realize that the Socs are not perfect, they have their own problems just like everyone else. 

500

Lis 3 things that Dally offers Ponyboy and Johnny after the murder

What are a gun, money, and dry clothes

500

To call upon in supplication

What is implore?

600

This is the weapon that Johnny used to kill Bob the Soc

What is a switchblade

600

Describe how S.E. Hinton portrays Johnny in The Outsiders

What is vulnerable? 

600

This is what Cherry tells Ponyboy after hearing about Johnny's beating by the Socs

What is that Socs have troubles too or that not all Socs are the same?

600

What does the term theme mean? 

The topic or lesson of a story, paragraph, or article.

600

Feeling or showing a timid desire

What is wistfully?