1. Wednesday, January 20th Bellwork: Active-Passive Voice The Outsiders
TURN IN ALL LATE WORK!
Read Ch. 6
Present photo story
Figures of speech/idioms
Homework: finish chapter 6 questions

2. Bellwork: Active-Passive Voice
On a piece of paper, write the following sentences. Tell whether each one is in active voice or passive voice. If it is passive, rewrite it as active voice.
Lots of different people have tried out for American Idol since it first came on the air.
Last night, many singers were rejected by the judges for their terrible singing voices.

3. Lots of different people have tried out for American Idol since it first came on the air.
Last night, many singers were rejected by the judges for their terrible singing voices.

4. Idioms
An idiom is a phrase that doesn’t mean exactly what it says. For example,
“…cracks a book” (pg. 2)
“He thinks I’m a pain in the neck.” (pg. 42)

5. Outsiders Literary Terms
Chapter #
Term
Definition
Example From Book/Pg. #
Chapter 1
Hyperbole
Exaggeration or overstatement.
Pg. 4
Chapter 2
Flashback
Action that interrupts to show an event from the past.
Pg. 31
Chapter 3
Idiom
Pg. 42
Chapter 4
Personification
Giving human qualities to an animal or object.
Pg. 63
Chapter 5
Simile
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Pg. 72
Chapter 6
Metaphor
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as…usually uses “to be.”
Pg. 92

6. Outsiders Literary Terms
Chapter #
Term
Definition
Example From Book/Pg. #
Chapter 1
Hyperbole
Exaggeration or overstatement.
Pg. 4 “Johnny was scared of his own shadow…”
Chapter 2
Flashback
Action that interrupts to show an event from the past.
Pg. 31 “It was almost four months ago…”
Chapter 3
Idiom
Pg. 42 “He thinks I’m a pain in the neck.”
Chapter 4
Personification
Giving human qualities to an animal or object.
Pg. 63 “…a ray of gold touched the hills.”
Chapter 5
Simile
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Pg. 72 “I looked like a blasted pansy.”
Chapter 6
Metaphor
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as…usually uses “to be.”
Pg. 92 “It’s a red hell.”