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Unit 1 Assessment Study Guide
You should know how the figurative language in a poem impacts the meaning of the poem.
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost
What impact does the alliteration “Her hardest hue to hold.” Have on the overall meaning of the
poem?
_______the alliterations tells me that the color (“hue”) cannot stay gold and as such the gold just
turns to everyday green, which is more boring and less precious than the gold. _The alliteration
brings attention to the idea by making it stand out more. ___________________
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So dawn goes down to day
What impact does this alliteration have on the tone of the poem?
______This alliteration tells how the dawn quickly changes to day. I can make an inference that
since the word “down” is used that day is less than dawn, since the dawn “goes down” to day.
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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. I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman--- he looks
tough and I don't--- but I guess my own looks aren't so bad. I have light-brown, almost-red hair and
greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I
have to be content with what I have. My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back
and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a
haircut. Besides, I look better with long hair.
I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway, for no reason except that I like to
watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with the actors. When I see a movie with
someone it's kind of uncomfortable, like having someone read your book over your shoulder. I'm
different that way. I mean, my second-oldest brother, Soda, who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen, never
cracks a book at all, and my oldest brother, Darrel, who we call Darry, works too long and hard to be
interested in a story or drawing a picture, so I'm not like them. And nobody in our gang digs movies and
books the way I do. For a while there, I thought I was the only person in the world that did. So I loned it.
What is the best meaning of the word “loned it” as used in the excerpt of The Outsiders?
_________participated in activities by himself ___________________________________________
What is an inference that can be made about Ponyboy’s character from this passage?
a.
b.
c.
d.
He likes the way he looks.
He wishes he was better looking or tougher.
He wishes that he weighed more.
He wishes that he was younger.
What choice represents two STATED IDEAS found in the excerpt of The Outsiders?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ponyboy likes movies; he is a loner.
Ponyboy wishes that he was tougher; he likes other people, but they don’t like him.
Ponyboy has two brothers; he does poorly in school.
Ponyboy is a greaser; no one likes him.
What is the best meaning of the word “cracks” as used in the excerpt of The Outsiders?
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What is the best representation of the connotative meaning of the word “digs” in the excerpt?
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In The Outsiders, explain why Ponyboy is alone after the movie.
______Ponyboy likes to go to the movies by himself so that he isn’t interrupted. The text states that
“I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with the actors.” This tells me
that he frequently goes to the movies by himself. _________________________________
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In The Outsiders, examine how SE Hinton uses or alters history in the fictional portrayal of this time
period. Use specific and relevant evidence from the passage to support your response.
______Hinton uses historical elements like Paul Newman to allow Ponyboy to compare himself to
someone who is well known by the readers. In the first paragraph, Ponyboy talks about how he
wishes he was more like Paul Newman and then discusses how Paul Newman is tougher than he is.
I know that Paul Newman is a real actor and I can find photos of him if I wanted to see what he looks
like or what movies he acted in. ____________________________________________________
_______The gangs in the book are fictional, so while there might have been gangs during this time
period, they were not called greasers or socs. Hinton probably didn’t have access to gangs during
the time she wrote the book, even though she likely heard stories about them. So she had to make
the gangs be what she thought they would be like and act like. She gave them reasons for being in
the gang and personalities. The characters in the gang were fictional, made up by the author. The
idea of a gang member not fitting into the gang was her idea and not historical. _____
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