The Outsiders Figurative Language

"The concession stand had a line a mile long." (Chapter 2)

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

"He's busy," Buck snapped, and someone in his living room yelled "A-ha!" and then "Yee-ha." (Chapter 4)

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is this: “He was the greaser’s pet”

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Allusion

What type of figurative language is this: “Dally handed me a shirt about sixty million sizes too big”

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

What type of figurative language is this: “Hey Ponyboy!” He grinned down at me. “Or should I say Sleeping Beauty?”

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language is this: “I just stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What does Ponyboy mean when he says, "“I just stood there like a bump on a log while they surrounded me”

• That he was a log.

• That he was quiet.

• That he just stood still while they surrounded him.

• That he fought back when they surrounded him.

What type of figurative language is this: "Man your brother is one doll."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

What does Cherry mean when she says that Soda is "a doll"?

• That he's ugly.

• That he's miniature.

• That he's plastic.

• That he's handsome.

What type of figurative language is this: "for once his comical grin was gone and his dancing gray eyes were stormy”

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Alliteration