The Outsiders
Slang Terms
1. Lone it - Doing
something alone.
2. Jumped - Attacked by
the Socials.
3. Slugged - Punched.
4. Lift - Steal.
5. Hacked off - Yell, get
mad at.
6. Tough - Rough.
7. Tuff - Cool, Sharp.
8. Rolled - To steal from.
9. Savvy - Do you
understand?
10. Socs - Short for: Socials.
11. Socials - The rich kids
from the West Side.
12. Greaser - The poor kids
from the East Side.
13. Heater - Gun.
14. Weed - Cigarrette.
15. Rumble - Fight.
16. Hood - Like Greaser.
17. Fuzz - Police
18. Lighting up - Lighting a
cigarrete.
19. Dig - Like something.
20. Boozed up - Drunk.
21. Rank - Un-cool.
22. Swipe - Steal.
23. Broad - Beautiful Girl
24. Cancer stick - Cigarette.
The Outsiders
Literary Terms
1. Imagery - using
descriptive writing to
convey a visual picture
for the reader.
2. Simile - using "like" or
"as" to compare two
unlike things.
3. Characterization describe or portray the
character's qualities or
peculiarities.
4. Point of View - the
point from which the
narrative is told,
usually first-person or
third person.
5. Idion - a manner of
speaking that is natural
to native speakers of a
language.
6. Hyperbole - extreme
exaggeration used to
emphasize a point or to
add humor to writing.
7. Mood - the emotions or
feelings a story causes
the readers to have.
8. Flashbacks - Authors
use flashback to recall
incidents that took
place in the past.