What is a metaphor?

What is theme?

"Soda attracted girls like honey attracted flies."

What type of figurative language is this?

"Life was one big joke to Two-Bit."

What kind of figurative language is this?

"Pony almost jumped out of his skin."

What kind of figurative language is this?

"Dally handed me a shirt that was about six million sizes too big."

What kind of figurative language is this?

"Compared to Johnny's home, my home was like heaven."

"If you could picture a little dark puppy that's been kicked...that would be Johnny."

What kind of figurative language is this?

"I heard our Ford's vvrrrooooom and thought: Soda's driving."

What kind of figurative language is this?

"I could hear the racket, but only dimly through the buzzing in my ears."

What kind of figurative language is this?

Which of the following best fits a theme of The Outsiders?

In the hospital Ponyboy says that Soda kept them in stitches. This is an example of _________.

But most Socs looked at us as if we were dirt. This is an example of ________

The country music at Buck Merrill's house scraped on my raw nerves like sandpaper. This is an example of __________

After being jumped by the Socs, Johnny was scared of his own shadow.

"...if that old church ever caught fire there'd be no stopping it." This is an example of _____________