
Conflict, Theme, and Figurative Language
Authored by Robin Crockett
English
7th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
It would have been the best dance ever if the seventh grade fashion police weren't there, staring at me all night like a bunch of eagles.
Which part of the sentence is a metaphor?
best dance ever
fashion police
staring at me
like a bunch of eagles
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which of these are opposing forces in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton?
Paul Newman and Sodapop
West-side rich kids and East-side greasers
Ponyboy and his second-oldest brother
Two-Bit Mathews and Darry
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
What are two conflicts Ponyboy faces in "The Outsiders"?
Ponyboy does not understand his schoolwork, and he does not get along with his brother Sodapop.
Ponyboy does not find a ride home, and he does not like wearing the same type of clothing as those in the gang.
Ponyboy does not understand his brother Darry, and he does not get along with the rich kids in town.
Ponyboy does not know whom he loves the most, and he does not care about getting in trouble with the police.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which statement is a theme in The Outsiders?
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents’ deaths.
This is a story of two fighting social groups: greasers and Socs.
The Socials attack a younger boy because he’s a "greaser."
Strong relationships help people through hard times.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Read this excerpt from The Outsiders.
I about decided I didn't like it so much, though, when I spotted that red Corvair trailing me. I was almost two blocks from home then, so I started walking a little faster. I had never been jumped, but I had seen Johnny after four Socs got hold of him, and it wasn't pretty. Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that. Johnny was sixteen then.
What is the universal theme of this excerpt?
Hard work pays off.
Love conquers all.
Dramatic life events cause change.
Things are seldom what they seem.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which sentence paints the most vivid picture using the most examples of figurative language?
The colorful leaves looked like dancers as a storm approached from the north.
The tiny green plants broke through the soil's surface, looking for a hug from the sun.
Winter paints a masterpiece with stars of ice that float like feathers to a frozen canvas.
Summertime usually welcomes a host of flying insects and flowers as pretty as peacocks.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.
People talked to one another on the street in low tones; only drunks and muchachitos mal educados raised their voices, or the arrieros when they shouted to their donkeys.
Which words best signal that "muchachitos mal educados" has a negative connotation?
People talked
on the street
raised their voices
their donkeys
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