The Outsiders: Flashcard 1

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Greaser:

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Wears grease in hair; lower class

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Meaning of 'soc'

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Short for 'social' - upper class

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Meaning of 'hood'

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Short for 'hoodlum' - 'bad' kid

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JD

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Juvenile Delinquent

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Snooker

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Billiards - to play pool

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Ponyboy alludes to Paul Newman

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Great actor, philanthropist, race car enthusiast

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Ponyboy's allusion to Great Expectations

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A classic novel by Charles Dickens

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Allusion

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Brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea

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Madras shirt

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Plaid, button-up shirt, lightweight cotton

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Narrator of The Outsiders

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Ponyboy Curtis