MMM Vocabulary
MMM Comprehension
30's or 60's
Metaphor, Phrase, Alliteration or Simile?
The Outsiders
100
Segregation
What is separating people because of their race.
100
A poor section of town with poorly constructed shacks or tents where people down on their luck live.
What is a shantytown?
100
The time period, after the stock market crashed when the U.S. experienced extreme financial difficulties and many people became very poor.
What is the Great Depression?
100
Hope Springs Eternal
What is a phrase
100
The book Ponyboy bought to read to Johnny.
What is Gone with the Wind.
200
Grandiose
What is very fancy or grand?
200
The boxer that the Malones hoped would win the big fight.
Who is Joe Louis?
300
Verbose
What is very wordy.
400
pondering
What is thinking carefully about something.
500
Patriarch
What is the head father in the family.