The Outsiders - Literary Elements

An Allusion is...

• The author makes something magical happen

• The author refers to a historical, literary, or biblical work

• The author refers to a character from previous novels

• This is a made up word

Circular Structure is...

• When the story has a story within it, like Inception

• When the story revolves in a 24-hour time period, much like a clock

• When the story spins around in a circle

• When the story finds its way back to the beginning of the narrative in its conclusion

Conflict is...

• Resistance of some sort against the protagonist

• Resistance of some sort against the plot

• Resistance of some sort against the theme

• Resistance is futile

A Flashback is when...

• The author depicts an event that will occur after the current narration

• The author depicts an event that occurred before the current narration

• The author has the characters travel back in time

• When the Flash moonwalks

Foreshadowing happens when...

• The reader is given a hint of something that happened in the past

• The reader is given a hint of something that happened behind the scenes

• The reader is given a hint of something that will happen

• The protagonist is afraid of their shadow

Metaphors are...

• Two concepts compared to each other using like or as

• Two concepts compared to each other WITHOUT using like or as

• Two concepts contrasted from each other

• Two concepts told they would look cute as a couple

When you Personify something, you...

• Give a inanimate objects human traits

• Give a baby their name

• Give animal-like traits to humans

• Give human traits to inanimate objects

To Symbolize is to...

• Use an object to advance the plot of the story

• Use an object or perform an action that means something more than its literal meaning

• Use an object to solve the conflict in the story

• Use inanimate objects to create a story, a la Toy Story

When it comes to Theme...

• There can be many different themes in a piece of literature

• It is something that can recur throughout the text

• It is the underlying idea or message of a literary work

• It can be expressed through music in movies and tv shows

Vernacular is...

• A made up word

• A scientific word for people who speak other languages

• Ye Olde Language

• The language or dialect spoken by people in a particular setting