Grammar
Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
The Outsiders
Miscellaneous
100
Give the pronoun and its antecedent in the following sentence. "The mother carried her baby."
What is the pronoun her and the antecedent mother?
100
Verbal – sarcasm Dramatic – when character doesn’t know but audience does Situational – when what you expect to happen is different
What is irony?
100
The way a person speaks; their attitude. The atmosphere of a story: a feeling the author tries to create within the story.
What are tone and mood?
100
The setting for The Outsiders.
What is 1960s, Oklahoma?
100
That was a small video store. I like that one silly clown.
What is cumulative adjective?
200
I like cats , and I like dogs. The cow ran; the chicken chased it. Complex (has one independent clause, one dependent clause): Before I went to school, I had to wake up. I had fun after I went swimming.
What compound and complex sentences?
200
I was so hungry, I could have eaten a whole horse!
What is hyperbole?
200
A person’s thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.
What is stream of consciousness?
200
Man vs. Man (Socs vs. Greasers)
What is conflict?
200
It was a sunny and bright day. She was a sweet, cool kid.
What are coordinate adjectives.
300
possession you are possession they are location Their = their job is cool. They’re = they’re really nice. There = I was over there.
What is Your, you're, their, they're, and there?
300
When something conveniently happens in a story to move it along.
What is deus ex machina?
300
First person: I Second Person: You Third Person: They
What is point of view?
300
One theme of the outsiders.
Answers vary
300
A nicer way of saying things.
What is euphemism?
400
Bill, the farmer who lives down the road, likes cows.
What is an appositive phrase?
400
exact meaning of a word ideas/words associated with it
What are connotation and denotation?
400
The parts of an essay.
What are Introduction, body paragraph(s), and conclusion?
400
Name at least 5 members of Pony’s gang, and give a brief description.
answers may vary
400
Describe how Ponyboy’s situation reveals the tension between social classes in The Outsiders.
answers may vary.
500
cat she eat nice slowly over Fanboys Wow!
What are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection?
500
A reference to something outside of the main story. Biblical, Mythical, Historical, and Literary.
What is allusion?
500
Exposition: Ponyboy gets jumped. Rising action: Johnny kills Bob. Climax: The fight/Johnny dies Falling action: The letter Johnny wrote for Ponyboy and Dally Resolution: Ponyboy writing the book.
What is a plot chart?
500
When Ponyboy experiences premonition before the fight.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Describe a specific allusion in The Outsiders.
answers may vary