The Outsiders Vocabulary

"He like fights, blondes, and for some ____ reason, school."

• unfathomable
• ornery
• sullen
• gallant

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Cherry and Marcia didn't have a way to get home.  Two-Bit ____ offered to walk them home."

• nonchalantly
• doggedly
• gallantly
• contemptuously

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Gingerly means...

• carefully

• tasty

• casually

• carelessly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In a profoundly wise manner defines what?

• smartly

• sagely

• sensitive

• stocky

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Johnny's parents were easily angered, or ____________ and beat him badly.

• delinquent

• aloof

• savvy

• ornery

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A thought or opinion that is not based on reason or logic is

• irrationality

• unfathomable

• stricken

• sagely

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Ponyboy giving detail to the day Johnny was jumped and beat up is an example of

• forshadowing

• idiom

• epilogue

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The announcer sounded very dreary while reporting the weather. Another word for dreary is

• sagely

• roughishly

• bleakly

• stricken

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Johnny idolized Dally. This means he

• didn't like him or want to be like him.

• worshiped or admired him too much.

• thought he was very important.

• thought he was the strongest greaser of the group.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

She was in a state of shock from the accident. She was in a

• aghast

• car

• conviction

• stupor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4