Signposts
By finding a "Contrasts and Contradictions" signpost, you are identifying this in a character.
What are character traits?
This is what Dally and Ponyboy do after the fight.
What is go see Johnny in the hospital?
Ponyboy doing poorly in school after the hearing is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Self?
"Divided Communities", "Individual Identities", "Self-Sacrifice and Honor" are all examples of this literary element in the story.
What is a theme?
This vocabulary word means "raising and dropping shoulders to indicate indifference".
What is shrugged?
By finding a "Words of the Wiser" or "Tough Questions" signpost, you are finding this type of literary device.
What is a theme?
Dally asks Two-Bit for this before the big fight.
What is his switchblade?
Darry and Ponyboy's argument that led Soda to leave is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Man?
Dally dying in the text is an example of this signpost.
What is an "AHA Moment"?
This vocabulary word means "the act of winning, overcoming, or achieving success with something".
What is triumph?
By finding a "Memory Moment" signpost, you are finding this type of literary element.
What is a flashback?
This is what makes Ponyboy pause and think about Bob.
What is seeing his picture in an old yearbook?
Dally's choice to pull his unloaded gun on the police is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Self?
This is the reason we complete anticipation guides before and after we begin reading a text.
Why is to review the big ideas and form opinions about themes in the text and examine how they change?
This vocabulary word means "overcome with shock or dismay".
What is aghast?
By finding an "AHA Moment" signpost, you are finding this type of literary device.
What is the climax of a plot diagram?
This is what is important about the last line of the novel.
What is it's the same as the first line and implies that Ponyboy is telling the story of the Greasers as his semester theme?
The Greasers' need to continue to cheat and steal to get ahead in life is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Society?
What is a graduation speech?
This vocabulary word means "determinedly or stubbornly".
What is doggedly?
By finding an "Again and Again" signpost, you are finding this type of literary device.
What is a motif?
This is the title of the newspaper article about the fire.
What is "Juvenile Delinquents Turn Heroes"?
Johnny's letter to Ponyboy that he finds in "Gone with the Wind" is an example of this type of conflict.
Trick Question: This is not a conflict!
This person is the speaker who delivered the speech "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)".
Who is Baz Luhrmann?
This vocabulary word means "suspicious".
What is leery?