Literary elements in The Outsiders

What point of view is the novel?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• 3rd person limited

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who is the protagonist?

• Dallas Winston

• Johnny Cade

• Ponyboy Curtis

• Cherry Valance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

An antagonist is defined as

• The main character

• A character that the audience emphasises with

• A character that makes key decisions

• A character or group of characters that stand in opposition to the protagonist.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the tone of the novel?

• Realistic because the author tried to make her characters true to life.

• The tone is energetic because Ponyboy does not have time to stop and think

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Where it the story set

• Houston, Texas

• New York City

• Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Stafford, Connecticut

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What part of the plot/structure is this:

The setting is established and the characters are introduced.

• Orientation/exposition

• Conflict

• Rising action

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A theme in a story or novel is:

• An essay designed about a novel

• An idea that the book connects to

• A central idea in a piece of literature

• The part of the story where the resolution and conclusion merge

For an idea to be a theme, the ideas should...

• Be introduced on the first page

• Be revisited multiple times throughout the novel

• Be introduced in the first three chapters

• Be literally expressed by the narrator

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

True or false: There can only be one theme in a story

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"I remembered his voice: I'd been carrying a heater. It ain't loaded, but it sure does help a bluff." It was only yesterday that Dally told Johnny and that. But yesterday was years ago. A lifetime ago".

The highlighted text uses which figurative language device?

• Hyerbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3