Outsiders Characters
Themes
Imagery
Characterisation
Techniques
100

This is a main character and narrator.

Ponyboy

100

Define what a theme is

A (hidden) idea/message represented in a text through characterisation.

100

Name the five different senses you can describe

See, Smell, Hear, Taste, Touch

100

Describe how the Greasers and the Socs are different in two ways.

Poor/Rich

Safe Families/Broken Families

Live in nicer suburbs/Poorer suburbs

Drive nice cars/walk

100

What technique uses 'like' 'though' 'as' if' to compare with another object.

Simile

200

These are the two main groups of people in the novel.

Greasers and Socs
200

Give an example of a theme from a text

[Teacher's Discretion]

200

What sense is being described in the quote 

'from a great distance, a low long whistle that went off in a sudden high note.'

Hearing imagery

200

Is this spoken by a greaser or Soc? How do you know?

"We'd have to anyway if we got caught. You know the first thing the judge does is make you get a haircut"

200

What technique makes things seem like a person.

Personification

300
This person tells Dally to leave the girls alone at the movie theatre

Johnny

300

Give an example of a theme from 'The Outsiders'/Describe how 'The Outsiders' relates to the real world.

Family, Violence, Bravery, Loyalty, Class, Sexism, Teen smoking.

300

What sense is being described in the quote?:

'Johnny let me look in the old cracked mirror we'd found in a closet. I did a double take. My hair was even lighter than Sodapop's.'

Visual/Seeing imagery

300

Describe how Darry is characterised in the quote 'Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door.'

Agressive, violent
300

What is the technique that exaggerates descriptions of things.

Hyperboles

400

Name the eldest brother in Ponyboy's family who is hard on him.

Darry.

400

What is a one theme in 'The Outsiders' shown in the church fire chapter? Name a character who represents this theme.

Bravery-Johnny, Ponyboy, Dally

Youth Smoking- Ponyboy

Family- Ponyboy, Darry, Sodapop

400

Name one technique that is useful in giving imagery.

Similes, Metaphors, Personification, Hyperbole, [Teacher's Judgement]

400

Describe Ponyboy's characterisation in the novel in two to three words.

Emotional, intelligent, respectful, self-respecting, tough, loving, compassionate,

400

What technique with a long name is good for describing sounds.

Onomatopoeia

500

This character could represent themes of sexism.

Dally

500

Why/how are themes important to texts?

They are ideas that relate to the lives and important issues in the world.
500
What sense is being described in 'tactile imagery'?

Feeling imagery

500

What is characterisation?

The process of creating and shaping how a character is shown to an audience.

500

Create and share a simile describing Ponyboy or Dally.

[Teacher Discretion]