The Outsiders Review Game AllisonEzuka Rules of Trashketball
The Outsiders Review Game Allison/Ezuka
Rules of Trashketball 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, 2, or 3 point line. 6. If the shot is made, that team gets extra-credit.
Who Am I? I am the author of The Outsiders.
S. E. Hinton
Who am I? I am a wisecracker; I can’t stop making funny remarks or jokes all of the time.
Two bit
Who Am I? I killed Bob in self defense.
Johnny
Who Am I? I killed Dally.
The police
Who Am I? 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.
Cherry
Who am I? I am very well liked by most people. I get away with everything. When I get in trouble, my parents blame themselves. I wish that someone would tell me, “No!”
Bob
Who Am I? 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. ”
Soda Pop
Who Am I? I am Soda’s best buddy since grade school; I am really good with cars.
Steve
Who Am I? I hate the world. I am tougher than everyone else. I’ve been in and out of jail.
Dally
Who Am I? I am the “pet” of the gang. I am like a puppy that has been kicked too many times.
Johnny
Who Am I? I am not going to the rumble because it won’t do any good. I realize that fighting doesn’t change anything.
Randy
Who Am I? I have more worries than somebody my age ought to. I work during the day as a roofer.
Darry
Who Am I? 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.
Ponyboy
Figurative Language – What Am I? So dawn goes down to day.
Figurative Language- What Am I? What do cigarettes symbolize in The Outsiders?
Alliteration
Figurative Language- What Am I? “I had to read Great Expectations for English, and that kid Pip, he reminded me This is an example of?
Allusion �
Figurative Language – What Am I? The line, "Her hardest hue to hold, ” from “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is an example of ___________.
Alliteration
Figurative Language- What Am I? “He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to b This is an example of?
Foreshadowing �
Literary Device – What Am I? The lesson that a poem or short story is trying to teach.
Theme
Figurative Language – What Am I? He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale bluegreen ice.
Simile
Literary Device What does the sunset symbolize?
Unity It shows that even though there are differences between the Greasers and the Socs, they are still alike or the same in some ways.
Stress � Needing to calm down � Fear � Looking “tough” �
Trivia What poem does Ponyboy quote by Robert Frost?
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Trivia What a Soc? is the main thing that keeps Darry from being
The Greasers
Trivia What is the Curtis boys favorite food?
Chocolate cake
Trivia Give an an example of when Johnny did not feel extremely scared or defeated.
When he saved the children from the fire
Trivia What book did Ponyboy and Johnny read while they were at the church?
Gone with the Wind
Trivia How old was S. E. Hinton when she wrote The Outsiders?
15 to 16.
Setting of the story What is the setting of The Outsiders?
Small, rural town in Oklahoma
Trivia In what small town was the old abandoned church in which Ponyboy and Johnny hid out?
Windrixville
Trivia What is the name of Soda Pop’s horse?
Mickey Mouse
Trivia In what sport does Ponyboy participate at school?
track
Trivia What does Ponyboy say is visible on both the East Side and the West Side?
sunsets
Trivia Why does Sodapop’s girlfriend Sandy move to Florida?
Because she is pregnant
Trivia How does Ponyboy get a concussion?
He is kicked in the head during the rumble.
Trivia Why are Cherry and Marcia alone at the drive-in?
The girls walked away from their boyfriends when they found out their boyfriends had been drinking.
Trivia Why does Johnny bleach Ponyboy’s hair?
So he won’t be recognized as easily.
Trivia What food does Ponyboy hate to eat?
bologna
Trivia According to Johnny, Dally is gallant because he didn’t tell ______.
Because Dally took the rap for something he didn’t do. He didn’t tell the police that Two bit was the one who had stolen something instead of him.
Trivia What is the meaning of the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay?
All good things must end
Themes Which theme best describes Pony's character development throughout the novel
Loss of Innocence
Themes Give me an example of how theme of Self-Sacrifice and Honor is present in th
Darry sacrificing school for Pony and Soda Dally sacrificing himself for Johnny Ponyboy honoring Johnny by writing his story Pony and Johnny running into the burning church
Themes
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