| A | B |
|---|
| climax | Johnny kills Soc. |
| protagonist | Ponyboy |
| antagonist | Socs |
| exposition | Chapter 1: descriptions of the characters |
| rising action | going to the movies, blue Mustang comes and scares Johnny, Ponyboy and Darry fight |
| falling action | Ponyboy and Johnny run away, church catches fire, Johnny dies |
| resolution | Ponyboy writes his theme, which becomes The Outsiders. |
| static characters | Bob, Marcia, Two-Bit (add your own examples) |
| dynamic characters | Johnny, Ponyboy, Dally (add your own examples) |
| primary/major characters | Ponyboy, Johnny, Dally (add your own examples) |
| secondary/minor characters | Two-Bit, Steve, Randy, Cherry (add your own examples) |
| man vs. self | Ponyboy deciding whether to get hard or not. |
| man. vs. nature | trying to fight the church fire |
| man vs. man | Greasers vs. Socs |
| man vs. society | Dally vs. the law |
| heater | gun |
| rumble | fight |
| dialect | way of speaking (slang) |
| static | character doesn't change |
| dynamic | character makes a major change |
| protagonist | main good character |
| antagonist | main bad character; villain |
| major/primary | character in most of the plot |
| minor/secondary | character pops in and out; not in all plot |
| trait | characteristic; describing word for a character |
| motive | reason a character does something |
| emotion | character's feeling |
| reaction | how character acts in a situation |
| example traits | blonde, tall, bossy |
| example motive | because he wanted Sally to notice him |
| example reaction | hit him in the nose |
| example emotion | sad, funny, serious |
| dialect | the real way someone speaks (ie. y'all) |
| direct characterization | telling something about the character |
| indirect characterization | letting readers infer something about the character |
| characterization | everything an author shows/tells us about a character |
| theme | lesson, moral, or message |
| sample themes | Sometimes it's better to be an outsider. Stick together. Do the right thing, even if it's hard. Heroes come in different packages. |
