The Outsiders Vocabulary. Chapter 1: *madras: cotton, plaid material (for clothing
). *cowlick: an unruly tuft of hair. *unfathomable: difficult or impossible to.
The Outsiders Vocabulary Chapter 1: *madras: cotton, plaid material (for clothing) *cowlick: an unruly tuft of hair *unfathomable: difficult or impossible to understand
Chapter 7: *mimicked: copied someone’s speech *juvenile delinquent: a juvenile (kid) guilty of criminal behavior; troublemaker *aghast: struck with fear
Chapter 2: hastily: quickly, without much thought roguishly: playfully mischievous; devilishly *incredulous: skeptical; disbelieving
Chapter 8: *faltered: paused uncertainly *diverted: to deliberately take someone's attention from something by making them think about or notice other things dogged(ly): with stubborn determination
Chapter 3: *gallant(ly): brave; courageous; dashing *aloof(ness): indifference; emotional distance *elite: privileged; the best of a class Chapter 4: apprehensive: anxious or fearful about the future defiance: bold resistance (to authority) contemptuously: disrespectfully; scornfully Chapter 5: *reluctant(ly): unwilling(ly) *eluded: failed to be remembered or understood; escaped from memory *fiend: an addict Chapter 6: *keeled: to fall or faint *towheaded: having light, almost white blonde hair
Chapter 9: *“spruced up”: dressed in fancy or formal clothing *grimaced: twisted your face in an ugly way because you don’t like something, you’re in pain, or you’re trying to be funny stifle: to stop something from happening Chapter 10: *stupor: a state in which you cannot think, speak, see, or hear clearly *delirious: sudden, severe confusion *reckless: not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions Chapters 11-12: *bewildered: totally confused *acquitted: court states that someone is not guilty of a crime *composition: a piece of writing
*Bold words are words that are on the end-of-the-novel test.
The Outsiders Literary Terms Term
Definition
setting
time and place of a story
point of view
The perspective from which a story is told
first person
character within the story is telling it; “I”
third person
someone outside the story is telling it; “s/he”
narrator
a person who tells a story
characterization major character minor character protagonist antagonist simile connotation allusion foreshadowing alliteration metaphor theme personification
Example from The Outsiders Time: mid-1960s Place: Tulsa, OK The Outsiders is told in first-person point of view “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight…” “When he stepped out into the bright sunlight…” Ponyboy is the narrator of The Outsiders
the method a writer uses to develop a character plays a large role in the story; main character less important characters who interact with the main characters
Characters are developed through appearance, actions, thoughts, and the reactions of others
the central character or hero of a story
Ponyboy
the force working against the main character/hero a comparison of 2 separate things using like or as the idea and feeling associated with a word a reference to another piece of literature or art within a story when an author provides hints that predict future events in a story the repetition of consonants in a phrase or line the comparison of one thing to another without like or as the underlying meaning or message of a literary work non-living things are given human traits
Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally Marcia and Steve
the Socs; society Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies. positive = curious negative = nosy positive = mature negative = old Great Expectations and Gone with the Wind are allusions in The Outsiders Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn’t get any worse. I was wrong. (pg. 52)
Her hardest hue to hold. Nature’s first green is gold. overcoming hardships, fitting in, doing the right thing, and friendship are all themes
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.
