The Outsiders

Plot is the sequence of events in a work of literature.  It includes…

• climax
• exposition
• conflict
• all of them

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The plot of The Outsiders opens quickly with Ponyboy getting “jumped” by a rival gang, the Socs.  Define the word “jumped” as it is used in the above sentence.

• to push yourself off the ground with your fee
• to be happily surprised
• to be suddenly attacked without warning
• to accidentally bump into someone or something

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CCSS.RI.7.4

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CCSS.RI.8.4

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CCSS.RI.6.4

The reader can tell the story probably took place in the 1960s by the references to…

• Beatle haircuts and Elvis Presley
• switchblades and “heaters”
• rodeos, barrel racing, and the Slash J Ranch
• olive-colored jeans and black leather jackets

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Characters can be classified as…

• major and minor
• static and dynamic
• antagonist and protagonist
• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Ascertain the dynamic character?

• Johnny Cade
• Darry
• Dallas Winston
• Two-Bit Mathews

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is characterization?

• The way the author reveals character traits to the reader.
• The way the author develops conflict within a text.
• The way the reader brainstorms how to create a character.
• The way the reader describes the characters in a story.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Determine which type of characterization is being used in the following excerpt...

“Darry is six-feet-two, and broad shouldered and muscular.  He has dark brown hair that kicks out in the front and a slight cowlick in the back...He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice” (Hinton 6).

• direct characterization
• indirect characterization

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

In the excerpt, “Darry is six-feet-two, and broad shouldered and muscular.  He has dark brown hair that kicks out in the front and a slight cowlick in the back...He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice” (Hinton 6). 

Hinton states that  Darry’s eyes are “like two pieces of pale blue-green ice” (Hinton 6).
 
Identify what figurative language device is being utilized?

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

During the exposition of the novel, Hinton describes Soda as “...always happy-go-lucky and grinning” (Hinton 3).
Identify what figurative language device is being utilized? 

• simile
• metaphor
• idiom 
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

As it is used in the above excerpt, “happy-go-lucky” can be defined as?

• thinking carefully
• carefree and easy going
• acting without thinking
• impulsive

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4