The Outsiders - Chapters 1, 2, and 3

Directions: a. Complete this reader response log while reading The Outsiders. This format will guide you through the
reading and thinking process to help develop your ideas.
b. Provide THREE quotes for EACH Chapter (that means 9 entries in this chart).

Chapter # and
Page #
Quotes/Textual Evidence from the text
and page citation
* Pick a quote that has meaning or significance to you. A good quote made you stop and think.
Your thoughts about the Quote/Textual Evidence
*in 2-3 sentences, explain why this quote is significant to you. What does this quote make you think?
1. Ch. 1

2. Ch. 1

3. Ch. 1

4. Ch. 2

5. Ch. 2

6. Ch. 2

7. Ch. 3

8. Ch. 3

9. Ch. 3

Which statement best describes the type of appeal used in this public service advertisement? an emotional appeal is made by presenting a wide range of jobs for women. an emotional appeal is made by emphasizing the need for a peaceful approach. an ethical appeal is made by providing pictures of a variety of role models. a logical appeal is made by including words that explain the meaning of the poster.

The author most likely uses the word monstrous rather than the word “unpleasant” because it has a more positive connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more negative connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more neutral connotation than the word “unpleasant.” almost the same connotation as the word “unpleasant.”

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.