| Vocab | Characters | Literary Terms | Outsiders Facts | Outsiders Events |
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What is vague
Something that is confusing or unclear
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Who is Ponyboy
The protagonist of The Outsiders, this character loves to read, watch moves, and look at the sunsets
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What is static character
A character that stays the same throughout the story
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Who is S.E. Hinton
The author of The Outsiders
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What is west side
Side of town where the greasers live
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What is to fiddle
To play or fidget with an object, to play
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Who is Johnny
Timid greaser who is the "pet" of the gang with a rough home life
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What is dynamic character
A character that changes throughout the story
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Who is Ponyboy
The narrator of the story
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What is a car crash
How Ponyboy's parents died
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What is vast
expansive, enormous, colossal, going on for a long time
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Who is Two Bit
Thief and trickster of the greasers who is constantly cracking jokes.
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What is theme
The main moral or message of a story
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What is Tulsa, OK in the 1960s
The setting of the story
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What is Nothing Gold Can Stay
Poem that Ponyboy recites at the church watching the sunset
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What is acquit
to pardon or take away a sentence for a crime
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Who is Cherry
Soc who likes to watch the sunsets and acts as a spy for the greasers.
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What is foreshadowing
Clues that the author gives to tell you what is coming next in the text.
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What is hair
Symbol of the greasers
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Who is Randy
Name of Bob's best friend who witnessed his death and tries to reconcile with Ponyboy
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What is rare
uncommon or hard to find
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Who is Darry
20 year old greaser who works too hard and is strict with his younger brothers
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What is symbol
When something stands for something greater than itself.
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What is madras shirts
The type of shirts that Socs wear
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What is police gunfire
How Dallas dies
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