Chapters 7-8
a pale golden or tan-colored horse or pony with a white mane and tail, originally bred in the southwestern US.
Palomino
(typically of a young person or that person's behavior) showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
Delinquent
shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.
Trembling
"I think I like it better when the old man's hitting me"
Johnny
Man, your brother's a doll.
Metaphor
filled with horror or shock
Aghast
an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.
Grimacing
suffering, resulting in, or relating to defeat in a game or contest.
Lousing
“Ponyboy, sometimes you just don’t use your head.”
Darry
They came running at us now. They were tough as nails.
Simile
make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
Exploits
higher in rank, status, or quality.
Superiority
beating with a strong, regular rhythm; pulsating.
Throbbing
“I‘ll bet you think the Socs have it made. The rich kids, the Westside Socs. I‘ll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it may come as a surprise. WE have troubles you‘ve never even heard of. You want to know something? . . . Things are rough all over.”
Cherry
“I heard our Ford’s vrrrrooooom and thought: Soda’s driving.”
Onomatopoeia
dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep, or a blow.
Groggy
a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.
Stupor
a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction around a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it; a traffic circle.
Roundabout
“If you don’t have anything, you end up like Dallas…and I don’t mean dead either. I mean like he was before. And that’s worse than dead.” _
Sodapop
He would have run away a million times if we hadn’t been there.”
Hyperbole
in a way that shows that you cannot feel anything, or think or react in the normal way.
numbly
characterized by or displaying a frenetic excitement or energy.
Feverish
(of a person or a person's behavior or manner) having or showing a habitually forgetful or inattentive disposition.
Absent-minded
If they win, things go on as usual"
Dally
Skin fighting isn't rough. It blows off steam better than anything.
Personification