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CHARACTERS
HINTON'S STYLE
PLOT
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
MISCELLANEOUS
100
A ROUND CHARACTER WHO IS KILLED BY COPS
Who is Dally?
100
Hinton is using this when she writes, "...Man, I thought, if I had worries like that, I'd consider myself lucky. I know better now.
What is foreshadowing?
100
Because their boyfriends were drunk
What is why Cherry and Marcia walk home/sit with the Greasers
100
"grinning like a chessy cat"
What is a simile?
100
It could be to treat people as individuals, not as stereotypes.
What is the theme of the novel?
200
a flat character who happily accepts a free coke from Dally
Who is Marcia
200
when Hinton uses words like "heater," "dig," and "tuff" she is using this
What is slang?
200
what Ponyboy doesn't like to say about Soda
What is that he is a high school dropout?
200
Dally "blew off steam" in gang fights.
What is an idiom?
200
because he wants to pass his English class
Why Pony writes his essay, which is the novel
300
a static character who is Soda's best friend
Who is Steve?
300
the technique she uses to show Johnny being jumped- has to do with time
What is a flashback?
300
He needs this because he has already been jumped once and vows he will not let it happen again
What is why Johnny carries a switchblade
300
Soda has "lively, dancing, recklessly laughing eyes"
What is personification?
300
because she feels bad about what happened to Pony and Johnny and wants to try to make up for it
What is why Cherry becomes a spy for the Greasers
400
a dynamic character who calls his mother "golden"
Who is Ponyboy
400
Hinton likes to build this, which makes the novel feel fast-paced
What is suspense?
400
Cherry says the greasers are too____ and the Socs are not _____ enough. What describing word does she use?
What is emotional?
400
Darry has eyes "that are like two pieces of pale, blue-green ice"
What is a simile?
400
One example of this is when Johnny writes his letter and tells Pony to tell Dally that he should watch sunsets- not knowing that Dally has passed away
What is dramatic irony?
500
a flat character who moves to Florida during the novel
Who is Sandy?
500
This is the name for how Hinton ends the book by coming back around to the beginning of the book
What is circular structure?
500
This is an external conflict in the novel.
What is answers will vary?
500
Pony says "I'd read everything in that house about fifty million times"
What is hyperbole?
500
One example would be the hair grease that the Greasers wore because it is part of their idenity
What is a symbol in the novel?