The Outsiders



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The Outsiders

By S.E. Hinton

Study Guide

1. Know the book: use character chart and/or any worksheets for review

2. Characterization: the way in which the writer portrays the characters in a book, play, or movie

3. Dynamic Characters: a character who undergoes some important change in a story

4. Trait: a special quality or something special about someone’s personality

5. Motivation: what causes someone to act a certain way

6. Conflict: struggle between two opposing forces: plot tension

• Character vs. character

• Character vs. self

• Character vs. society

• Character vs. nature

• Character vs. fate, luck, or God

7. External Conflict: when a character struggles with some outer force. Example: another person, group, or force of nature.)

8. Internal Conflict: when a character struggles with some force within himself or herself. Example: a decision, moral choice, or handicap

9. Point of View: angle of the narrator: the perspective on events of the narrator or a particular character in a story

10. Relationships: the connection of people in friendship, family, work, school, or other activities.

11. Setting: the background of time and place in which a story takes place

12. Mood: emotional response a reader has to a scene

13. Simile: a figure of speech that uses the words “like” or “as” to draw a comparison. Example: the water was as cold as ice

14. Metaphor: the application of a word or phrase to somebody or something that is not meant literally but to make a comparison, for example, saying “He ate a mountain of mashed potatoes.”

15. Allusion: a reference to a real or fictitious person, event, place, work of art, or another work of literature within writing

16. Idioms: fixed expression with non-literal meaning: a fixed, distinctive, and often colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the combined meanings of its individual words, for example, “never cracked a book”

17. Suspense: enjoyable tension: a feeling of tense excitement about how something such as a mystery novel or movie will end

18. Analogy: a shorthand formula for stating relationships between words. Example: frightened : scared :: picky : choosy

19. Stereotype: is an oversimplified picture of a group or person. It emphasizes a person’s group characteristics and overlooks a person’s individual traits. Example: all greasers are hoods

20. Plot: is the sequence of events (conflicts) that happen in a story.

21. Plot Structure: a number of episodes or separate incidents

• Exposition: an introduction to the main characters, settings, and situations of the plot

• Rising Action: the events and complications that lead to an important and dramatic point in the plot

• Climax: the point of greatest interest and emotional involvement in the plot

• Falling action: the events that develop from the climax and lead to the conclusion

• Resolution or Denouement: the final outcome which ties up any loose ends left in the story.

22. Symbols: an object or action that stands for itself and yet also suggests another meaning. Example: dove = peace

23. Theme: overall message of the novel

24. Tone: the reflection of an author's attitude toward his or her subject

25. Inferences: evidence based guesses

26. Protagonist: the main character

27. Antagonist: characters who oppose the main character

Updated: 2/17/15

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