The Outsiders Review Game - Rules and Characters

The Outsiders 

Review Game

1.

Each table consists of a team.

2.

A new person will answer a question each

round.

3.

You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the

answer to a question with your team.

4.

If it is your turn, you will then immediately

answer the question.

5.

If you are correct, your team will get 1 point for

the correct answer.  Your team will also get the

opportunity to shoot a ball into the trashcan

from a 1 or 3 point line.

6.

If the shot is made, that team gets extra points.

Rules of Trashketball

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I am the author of 

The Outsiders.

Who Am I?

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S. E. Hinton

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I am a wisecracker;  I can’t stop making

funny remarks or jokes all of the time.

Who am I?

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Two bit

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I killed Bob in self defense.

Who Am I?

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Johnny

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I killed Dally.

Who Am I?

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The police

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I am known for my “firey” red hair.  I

can hold my own in a conversation with

anyone.  I am a “spy” for the Greasers.

Who Am I?

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Cherry

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I am very well liked by most socs.  I get away with

everything.  When I get in trouble, my parents blame

themselves. I wish that someone would tell me, “No!”

Who am I?

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Bob

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I constantly feel as if I am in the middle of a tug of

war.  I am always caught between my two brother’s

fighting. I’ve been described as “movie star

handsome.”

Who Am I?

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Soda Pop

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I am Soda’s best buddy since grade school; I am really

good with cars.

Who Am I?

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Steve

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I hate the world.  I am tougher than everyone else.

I’ve been in and out of jail.

Who Am I?

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Dally

 I am the “pet” of the gang.  I am like a

puppy that has been kicked too many

times.

Who Am I?

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Johnny

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I am not going to the rumble because it won’t do any

good. I realize that fighting doesn’t change anything.

Who Am I?

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Randy

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I have more worries than somebody my

age ought to.  I work during the day as a

roofer.

Who Am I?

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Darry

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I am a loner; I get good grades, but I don’t always use

my head.  I get into a lot of trouble with my friend

when I run away during the night.

Who Am I?

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Ponyboy

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A ray of gold touched the hills.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Personification

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When Ponyboy and Johnny need help and guidance,

they ran to the biggest criminal of the greasers.

Literary Device – What Am I?

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Irony

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Sweat ran down my face and back.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Personification

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The horizon was a thin golden line.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Metaphor

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He had…ears like a lynx.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Simile

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So dawn goes down to day.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Alliteration

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Everything held its breath.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Personification

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The line, "Her hardest hue to hold,” from “Nothing

Gold Can Stay” is an example of

______________________.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Alliteration

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“So, I sat there like a bump on a log.” (Ponyboy)

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Simile

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The lesson that a poem or literary work is trying to

teach.

Literary Device – What Am I?

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Theme

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“Johnny was a candle with the flame gone out.”

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Metaphor

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“The fire reached out and grabbed Johnny’s jacket.”

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Personification

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He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-

green ice.

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Simile

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"Darry didn't deserve to work like an old man when

he was only twenty."

Figurative Language – What Am I?

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Simile

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What does the sunset symbolize?

Literary Device

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Unity or commonality

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It shows that even though there are differences

between the Greasers and the Socs, they are still alike

or the same in some ways.

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What poem does Ponyboy quote by Robert Frost?

Trivia

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“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

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What is the main thing that keeps Darry from being a

Soc?

Trivia

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Having to raise his brothers following the death of his

parents.

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What is the Curtis boys favorite food?

Trivia

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Chocolate cake

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Give an an example of when Johnny did not feel

extremely scared or defeated.

Trivia

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When he saved the children from the fire

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What book did Ponyboy and Johnny read while they

were at the church?

Trivia

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Gone with the Wind

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How old was S. E. Hinton when she wrote 

The

Outsiders?

Trivia

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Sixteen years old.

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In what small town was the old

abandoned church in which Ponyboy

and Johnny hid out?

Trivia

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Windrixville

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What is the name of Soda Pop’s horse?

Trivia

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Mickey Mouse

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In what sport does Ponyboy participate at school?

Trivia

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track

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What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East

Side and the West Side?

Trivia

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sunsets

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Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy move to

Florida?

Trivia

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Because she is pregnant

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How does Ponyboy get a concussion?

Trivia

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He is kicked in the head during the rumble.

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Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in?

Trivia

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The girls walked away from their boyfriends when

they found out their boyfriends had been drinking.

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Why does Johnny bleach Ponyboy’s hair?

Trivia

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So he won’t be recognized as easily.

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What food does Ponyboy hate to eat?

Trivia

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bologna

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According to Johnny, Dally is gallant

because he didn’t tell ____________.

Trivia

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Because Dally took the rap for

something he didn’t do.

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He didn’t tell the police that Two bit was

the one who had stolen something

instead of him.

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What is the meaning of the poem

“Nothing Gold Can Stay?

Trivia

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All good things must end

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Define symbolism

Symbolism

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Symbol - something that represents, stands for, or

suggests an idea, belief, action, or entity deeper than

the literal meaning of the symbol.

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Explain one symbol in the novel.

Symbolism

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Hair grease

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Sunsets

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Switch blade

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Unloaded gun

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Gone with the Wind

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Ring/cars

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Gold

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You must explain it!

Any of the following:

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Define external conflict and give an example.

Conflict

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External conflict

 is a struggle that takes place

between a character and some outside force.

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Greasers vs. Socs

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Define internal conflict and give an example.

Conflict

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Internal conflict 

refers to a character’s 

internal

struggle

.

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A character might struggle with an emotional problem

such as fear of intimacy or abandonment, for example.

Internal conflict is important for characterization, since

flaws and internal struggles make characters more life-

like and sympathetic.

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Pony and Darry’s relationship

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Death of Bob, Johnny, and Dally

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Fitting in with greasers ~being different