The author of The Outsiders writes professionally under the name S. E. Hinton. Why might someone choose to be represented by their initials rather than their full name? What advantage could that have to a famous writer?

Which one of these people do you think is S.E. Hinton, author of The Outsiders? 1234

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1 Susan Eloise Hinton, a.k.a. “S.E.” Hinton, wrote and published The Outsiders when she was just sixteen years old.

Women & Pen Names Charlotte Bronte a.k.a. “Currer Bell” Nellie Lee a.k.a. “Harper Lee” Mary Anne Evans a.k.a. “George Eliot”

But surely that doesn’t happen anymore…right?

“J.K.” was a completely made up writing name for Joanne Rowling, whose publishers told her that young boys wouldn’t want to read a book written by a woman.

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” – Juliet, Romeo & Juliet

Importance of Names in Literature

Mercutio from Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet

Importance of Names in Literature Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird

Importance of Names in Literature Ichabod Crane from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Importance of Names in Literature Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Let’s play a little word association. What type of adjectives come to mind when you see these words? Jot down words (adjectives, verbs, whatever) that you associate with the following words.

What type of adjectives come to mind when you see this word? Sodapop

What type of adjectives come to mind when you see this word? Pony

What type of adjectives come to mind when you see this word? Grease

What type of adjectives come to mind when you see this word? Social

"A fabulous book to read in middle school, one we can all relate to. A book about life lessons. A book about rooting for a group you might not otherwise root for. A book about heroes. A must read....five stars!“ – Mrs. Knight

“I can’t ever look at a beautiful sunset without thinking of Ponyboy! Reading The Outsiders in junior high taught me never to judge people. My friends and I still talk about The Outsiders! And the movie was great, too!” – Mrs. Keer

“Few books come steeped in an aura as rich as S. E. Hinton’s novel “The Outsiders,” which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. At a time when the average young-adult novel was, in Hinton’s characterization, “Mary Jane went to the prom,” “The Outsiders” shocked readers with its frank depictions of adolescents smoking, drinking and “rumbling.” Although other pop culture offerings had dealt with these themes — most notably “Rebel Without a Cause” and “West Side Story” — their intended audience was adult. By contrast, “The Outsiders” was a story “for teenagers, about teenagers, written by a teenager.” Hinton’s candid, canny appraisal of the conflict between Socs, or Socials, and Greasers (for which one might substitute Jets and Sharks), published when she was 17, was an immediate hit and remains the best-selling young-adult novel of all time.”

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Alliteration The act of repeating the same sound (typically at the beginning of a word)

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Alliteration The act of repeating the same sound (typically at the beginning of a word)

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Alliteration The act of repeating the same sound (typically at the beginning of a word) Personification Giving human-like qualities to something inanimate

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Alliteration The act of repeating the same sound (typically at the beginning of a word) Personification Giving human-like qualities to something inanimate

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Alliteration The act of repeating the same sound (typically at the beginning of a word) Personification Giving human-like qualities to something inanimate Allusion Referencing another literary work

Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Alliteration The act of repeating the same sound (typically at the beginning of a word) Personification Giving human-like qualities to something inanimate Allusion Referencing another literary work