1. The Outsiders Literary Element Edition
Spring Exam Review

2. “It drives my brother Darry nuts when I do stuff like that,…”

3. Idiom

4. “He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice.”

5. Simile

6. “He reminded me of Will Rogers – maybe it was the grin.”

7. Allusion

8. “…although Soda just can’t sit still long enough to enjoy a movie and they bore Darry to death.”

9. Hyperbole

10. Thinking back over the book, what literary element OTHER THAN allusion is… “…When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house,I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.”

11. Flashback

12. “If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost in a crowd of strangers, you’ll have Johnny.”

13. Metaphor

14. ‘“…it would have been a good excuse to cut him to ribbons.”’

15. Idiom

16. What 2 literary elements does this statement represent
What 2 literary elements does this statement represent? ‘”You’re bleedin’ like a stuck pig.”’

17. Idiom/Simile

18. “They walked around slowly, silently, smiling.”

19. Alliteration

20. “…Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies,…”

21. Simile

22. “Darry would kill me if I got into trouble with the police.”

23. Hyperbole

24. “He reminded me of Will rogers – maybe it was the grin.”

25. Allusion

26. “He would kill the next person who jumped him
“He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again.”

27. Foreshadowing

28. “Glory, Two-Bit, scare us to death!”

29. Hyperbole

30. “Things are tough all over.”

31. Theme

32. “Sodapop kept them in stitches.”

33. Idiom

34. “I could hear the blue Mustang’s vroom, vroom…”

35. Onomatopoeia

36. “Towheaded and shifty-eyed. Dally was anything but handsome
“Towheaded and shifty-eyed. Dally was anything but handsome. Yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage defiance.”

37. Characterization

38. “He thinks I’m a pain in the neck.”

39. Idiom