Outsiders Arcade 1-4 Question Preview (ID: 59173)
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What does the point of view of this novel help the reader understand best?
a) The Socs feelings toward the Greasers
b) The relationship between the characters
c) Ponyboy's feelings throughout the novel
d) The community's desire for unity
What point of view is used in The Outsiders?
a) Third Person- Limited
b) First Person
c) Third Person- Omniscient
d) Third Person- Objective
When you're thirteen in our neighborhood you know the score. - What does this phrase used by Ponyboy help the reader understand about the community?
a) The Socs are more athletic because their parents have money to give them more experience with private lessons.
b) Like a game, the greasers feel like they will always lose because of where they live and what people assume they do.
c) 13 is an impressionable age.
d) The greasers are bitter and unaccepting of the unfair treatment on the east side of town.
Which text shows that the main conflict could eventuallybe resolved?
a) passionately. It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks!
b) I think I like it better when the old man's hittin' me. Johnny sighed.
c) Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.
d) Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong.
All of the following reveal why are Bob's rings important to the plot EXCEPT-
a) They represents power for the Socs
b) They caused permanent damage to Johnny both physically and emotionally.
c) They are a symbol of fear and foreshadowing for Johnny.
d) They lead Ponyboy to develop trust in the Socs.
How do Darry's actions in chapter 3 advance the plot?
a) By physically showing his lack of love toward Ponyboy.
b) By causing Ponyboy to run away leading him and Johnny to a plot changing altercation
c) By allowing the police to get involved and have the boys at risk of being split up.
d) By forcing Soda to turn on Darry
Which quote presented in the novel does the photograph on the cover best support?
a) I think they were still half-scared of us.
b) I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are.
c) Greasers can't walk alone too much or they'll get jumped
d) but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut.
Summary Questions can be tough! What acronym should be used after reading a fictional text?
a) (SWBST) Somebody Wanted But So Then
b) TPFASTT ( Title, Paraphrase, Figurative Language, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme)
c) Metacognitive Markers (MMs) * ! ?
d) GIST (Who, what, when, where, why 20 word summary)
What strategy should be used when reading a poem?
a) RA RA RA ( Read- Answer, Read-Answer, Review-Answer)
b) TPFASTT ( Title, Paraphrase, Figurative Language, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme)
c) Metacognitive Markers (MMs) * ! ?
d) GIST (Who, what, when, where, why 20 word summary)
What strategy should be used when reading a paired passage text?
a) RA RA RA ( Read- Answer, Read-Answer, Review-Answer)
b) GIST (Who, what, when, where, why 20 word summary)
c) TPFASTT ( Title, Paraphrase, Figurative Language, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme)
d) Metacognitive Markers (MMs) * ! ?
Dictionary Questions: Let's say you need to look up the word UNFATHOMABLE but it is not in the dictionary? What is your NEXT move?
a) Find the root word FATHOM and look it up.
b) Choose the answer that sounds the best when you plug it in to the text.
c) Choose the word you do not know.
d) Eliminate the answers you know are wrong.
When reading a drama, how do stage directions benefit the READER?
a) It gives them clues about the characters and setting.
b) It shows the characters where to go and how to act.
c) The reader can visualize how the characters would perform.
d) The lighting and scenery is described in detail.
If a line of text, picture or caption is mentioned, what should you do FIRST?
a) Look back at that line, caption, or picture and the things around it.
b) Assume you've comprehended it since you've read it once already.
c) Reread the entire passage.
d) Choose the best answer.
What is the purpose of using Metacognitive Markers, MMs? (! important or strong reaction| *connection | ? Vocab or Question ) as you read?
a) To keep yourself accountable for comprehension AS you read.
b) To give you another thing to do as you test.
c) To better understand the questions.
d) There is not a purpose.
POINT OF VIEW: What might 3rd-person limited and 1st person point of view have in common?
a) It gives you the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters.
b) It allows you to feel like a spectator or observer.
c) They speak directly to the reader.
d) They make the reader infer or guess the feelings of the characters.
ACADEMIC Vocabulary: EXCERPT, SELECTION, TEXT are all words to describe...
a) The passage
b) The questions
c) The images
d) The directions
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY: The words sensory language and descriptive language are referring to...
a) Imagery
b) Poems
c) Stanzas
d) The speaker
POETRY: Lines that are short or contain many rhymes usually add to the poems -
a) Rhythm
b) Purpose
c) Structure
d) Point
If you are stuck between two good answer choices...
a) Choose the one with the most textual evidence to support it.
b) Choose the longest answer choice.
c) Choose the first one you thought was right.
d) Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Moe...
What does the word PLOT actually mean?
a) The events that happen in a fictional story
b) A piece of text
c) The characters descriptions
d) The reader's interpretation of the text.
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