https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv Made with ♥ en-us 2016-11-03 10:04:31 UTC 2025-09-24 16:17:00 UTC hello@padlet.com egianakis https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135494399 Please write a CER in which you contrast how the two authors use idioms. Why did the creator of the video use idioms? Why did S.E. Hinton use idioms? Explain how they use them DIFFERENTLY!

Idiom: "It drives my brother nuts when I do stuff like that" (Hinton 4).

Literal Meaning: Literally, this might mean that a nut is driving.

Figurative Meaning: Figuratively, this means that his brother is getting extremely frustrated with him.]]> 2016-11-04 19:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135494399 egianakis https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135512358 The authors for the idioms video were Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms so your citation would be as follows: (Koh and Helms).]]> 2016-11-04 21:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135512358 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135519287
In the "Outsiders" by S.E Hinton and the Idioms video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Hems, idioms are a big part of these pieces. In " The Outsiders" the authors use idioms to describe what was going on in the story in a more interesting and detailed way. Such as "never cracks a book at all" (Hinton 2) Literally this means that he rips books and ruins them. This figuratively means that Soda never reads or studies for anything. Likewise, in the video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms all of he words that the character says are only idioms, such as "Spill the Beans" (Koh and Helms) The video and the books idioms show very different meanings such as the books show what the character could or is feeling or doing and in the video says what the character is doing all of the time. ]]> 2016-11-04 23:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135519287 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135550157 In “The Outsiders”, S.E. Hinton uses idioms to help the reader know what going and the time period and in ¨Confessions of an Idioms¨, Amanda Koh & Mollie Helms uses idioms to make the video silly. In the video, the elephant has an eye on his back as the skeleton said “I’ve had my eye on you”, (Koh & Helms). It makes the video silly because the eye was literally on the elephant’s back. In the novel, Ponyboy wished he had someone to see the movie with  “Although Soda just can't sit still long enough to enjoy a movie and they bore Darry to death”, (Hinton 3). This idiom helps show the time period because kids don’t usually go see a movie by themselves. It also shows why Darry didn’t want to see a movie because they are boring to him. All in all, “ Confessions of an Idiom” uses idioms to make the video silly and “The Outsiders” uses idioms to discuss what is going on and the time period.

]]> 2016-11-05 15:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135550157 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135566054 Angela Nicol 

In the the book "The Outsiders" Hinton uses idioms to help the people know what the time period is. But, in the video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Hems they use idioms to help you learn what idioms are. In the book, Johnny is the smallest one in the gang so they call him "The gang's pet"(Hinton 12). She uses this idiom because it shows you that he is like the little brother of the gang and that no body makes fun of him or anything becuase he has been through s lot. In the video , it shows a guy who physically got stabbed in the back and the skeleton says, "I stabbed a man in the back" (Helms and Koh). This helps you understand that an idiom isn't literal it's just something you say to make your writing more interesting. In the book the idioms Hinton uses is to help the readers understand what the time period is and the video helps us understand what an idiom is. ]]> 2016-11-05 20:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135566054 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135603082 In the book "The Outsiders", S.E Hinton uses idioms to give the reader a better understanding of the passage and when it takes place but, in the video "Confessions of an idiom" , Amanda Koh and Mollie Hems use idioms to make the video humorous. In the video,  the skeleton said while his eye was on the elephants back. " I've got my eye on you" (Koh and Helms). She said this to show how idioms can be taken literally. In the book Johnny is the smallest of the greasers because of that they call him "The gangs pet" (Hinton 12). Hinton uses idioms like this to show how Johnny is the baby of the gang that nobody makes fun of because he has a tough time at home. In conclusion, "Confessions of an idiom" uses idioms to make he video humorous and "The Outsiders" uses idioms to indicate the time period and what' happening.]]> 2016-11-06 14:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135603082 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135605030 The book "The Outsiders", by S.E. Hinton uses idioms to give a better understanding of the setting and time that the book takes place in. However, the video "Confessions of an Idiom," by Amanda Koh and Mollie Hems uses idioms to help you learn their literal meaning in a humorous way. On page 12, the novel states that Johnny was "... the gangs pet" (Hinton). This demonstrates how Johnny is the youngest and always follows the Greasers around, like a pet. On the other hand, in the video, the skeletons says "let the cat out of the bag," (Koh and Helms). The skeleton literally points to a cat trapped in a bag, instead of meaning "to reveal a secret". All in all, "The Outsiders" uses idioms to relay what setting is taking place, and "Confessions of an Idiom" uses idioms to make a humorous video about the literal meaning of idioms.]]> 2016-11-06 14:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135605030 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135609933 In "The Outsiders", S.E. Hinton uses idioms to explain the setting and time period better to the reader. In contrast, the video "Confessions of an Idiom," by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms use idioms to describe the literal meaning in a funny way. On page twenty-nine, the novel states that Dallas Winston "'went hunting some action - booze or dames or a fight'"(Hinton). She is explaining how Dally went to go find something better to do than just sitting down and talking. However, in the video, the main character says " I've had my eye on you"(Koh and Helmes). The skeleton actually looks at his other eye on the elephants head instead of pointing out that he has been watching him. All I all, "Confessions of an Idiom" uses idioms to make the video humorous, and "The Outsiders" uses idioms to describe the setting and time period.  ]]> 2016-11-06 15:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135609933 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135623760 In "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, the author uses idioms to explain the setting and or slang used in the book. The video, "Confession of an Idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms used idioms in a literal and whimsical way. In " The Outsiders", Johnny is described as , " the gangs pet" (Hinton 12). He is follows the gang around like a dog and does what the gang wants. However, in "Confessions Of An Idiom" the skeleton takes idioms literally such as when he said,   " I killed a two birds with one stone"(Koh and Helms).  While he said this he then showed two dead birds and one stone behind a curtain. In conclusion, "The Outsiders" and "Confessions of an Idiom" both use idioms literally and figuratively. ]]> 2016-11-06 18:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135623760 22jriz https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135624331 Both the novel "The Outsiders" and the video "Confessions of an Idiom comedy" use idioms to give the reader a better understanding, but use them in unique ways. In the video, the authors Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms make the characters take the idioms in a more literal way to make the video humorous, and the skeleton says, "I killed two birds with one stone" (Koh and Helms). After, the skeleton unveils two birds actually killed with one stone, and this shows that the characters in the video take the idioms very literal, making the video silly and humorous. To contrast, in "The Outsiders," the greasers understand the idioms in a more figurative way, and Ponyboy exclaims, "[Soda] never cracks a book at all..." (Hinton 2). Hinton uses idioms to show the time period and setting of the story, and she shows that the characters understand them figuratively by including them so much in her novel, and showing that the characters never question them. All in all, the video "Confessions of an Idiom comedy" and the book "The Outsiders" both use idioms in a special, but different way to give the reader a better comprehension.

]]> 2016-11-06 18:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135624331 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135641912  In both "The Outsider" by S.E Hinton and "Confessions of an Idiom Animated comedy" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms uses idioms either literally or figuratively.  In "Confessions of an Idiom Animated comedy" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms uses literal meanings. The elephant was about to "spill the beans" (Koh and Helms). He didn't just mean tell someone someones secret, he was about to actually spill the beans .  In "The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton they use idioms in the figurative meaning. After Darry yelled at at Ponyboy for being out alone and getting beat up "if I had a blade...cut him to ribbons"(13 Hinton). This means that he wont literally cut him to ribbons. He meant that he would have beat him up or hert him. All in all both the story and video uses idioms.]]> 2016-11-06 22:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135641912 omacaluso3 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135647246 2016-11-06 23:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135647246 omacaluso3 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135647321 In both "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton and "Confessions of an Idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms idioms are used in different ways. In "The Outsiders" idioms are used figuratively. So, when Ponyboy says "'Glory, Two-Bit, scare us to death'"(Hinton 27), he doesn't really mean it. Ponyboy means that Two-bit scared them a lot. He did not mean that they got scared so much they died. Using idioms like this and of other types Hinton uses them to set a specific time period and to show were they are in the book. On the other hand, Koh and Helms use idioms literally in comedic way. When the skeleton says "Don't "You have bigger fish to fry" (Koh and Helms), he reveals a fish in a frying pan. The skeleton says it literally because he means doesn't the elephant have a literal larger fish he needs to fry. The video is to make you laugh so they use the idioms literally in a jokingly way. All in all, the two pieces use idioms to indifferent ways to express different ideas.

Idiom: "'Glory, Two-Bit, Scare us to death!'" (Hinton 27).

Literal Meaning: They were so scared that they died.

Figurative Meaning: They got super scared and freaked out, yet they are still alive.]]> 2016-11-06 23:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135647321 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135650601 In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, idioms are used to fit in with the language used in the time period that the novel takes place in and written to not mean what they would mean literally, while in "Confessions of an Idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, the idioms are placed more randomly and shown in their literal meaning so the idioms could be understood more easily in a humorous way. In the video, there is an elephant and a skeleton in the same room together and the skeleton is arguing with the elephant using only literal idioms to argue, and the skeleton says, "Don't you have bigger fish to fry?"(Koh and Helms). The skeleton is shown for this idiom holding up a frying pan with a tiny fish in it, while the elephant is fishing and fishes out a much bigger fish. This is unexpected and not how this phrase would usually be used. It helps people learn about the idiom and laugh at the same time by the ridiculousness of it. In The Outsiders, Johnny and Ponyboy are sitting with a couple of girls, Two-bit comes up behind them and scares them with a Soc impression, and S.E. Hinton says to describe how Ponyboy feels, "I almost jumped out of my skin"(Hinton 27). S.E. Hinton uses this idiom to help her writing, not to just throw it in randomly for no reason like in the video. Ponyboy was frightened that there was actually a Soc behind them about to beat them up so instead of just saying that he was scared, S.E Hinton used an idiom to help show how Ponyboy felt. In conclusion, "Confessions of an Idiom" has the literal meanings of idioms shown in a funny way, while The Outsiders uses idioms to help readers understand the time period of the novel better. 

Idiom:"I almost jumped out of my skin"(Hinton 27).

Literal Meaning: He jumped because he was scare and jumped out of his skin.

Figurative Meaning: He was very frightened and maybe gave a little jump, but not out of his skin.]]> 2016-11-07 00:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135650601 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135653717 In both The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, and the video “Confessions of an Idiom” both use idioms, but in different ways because The Outsiders uses idioms to help the dialogue flow, while to in “Confessions of an Idiom”, they use idioms to show how idioms can be used and how they have both figurative and literal .  In “Confessions of an Idiom”, the skeleton uses many of idioms, such as “‘I’m calling your bluff - what’s his number?’” (Koh and Helms).  We all know the common idiom “I’m calling your bluff” to mean that the other person is lying, while in this scenario, he took out his phone and is actually calling his bluff.  We expected this to be a figurative idiom, but the context was changed by “what’s his number” and then was a literal idiom.  Alternatively, in The Outsiders, idioms are used to help the context flow smoothly, lie when Cherry said, “‘He had scared me to death’” (Hinton 25).  Although we know Cherry didn’t actually die from him being scary, this flowed much better than “He scared me a lot” and it created an image of truly how scared she was.  So, The Outsiders and “Confessions of an Idiom” both use idioms, but The Outsiders uses idioms to help the context flow, while “Confessions of an Idiom” uses idioms to show you that idioms have figurative and literal meanings.

]]> 2016-11-07 00:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135653717 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135654057 In both "The Outsiders", by S.E Hiltion, and "Confessions of an Idiom", both use idioms to help the reader understand the situation better. In "The Outsiders", the author uses idioms to help the situation get through to the reader better, and so you can understand better, and so its not as boring as stating the actual meaning. In "The Outsiders", Ponyboy states, "No one digs movies like I do." (Hiltion 2). Most of people know you dig, means that you are reffering to something you like, almost like you crave it, or just like it. While in this case, the literal meaning is you dig, as in you dig holes, or dig in the ground. In "Confessions of an Idiom", there are many idioms found. On is when the elephant was about to "spill the beans", (Koh and Helms).  Again, most people know of this term is what people use when they are about to spill/ tell a secret they aren't suppost to.  But, the literal meaning would be, really, taking a can of beans, and spilling them.  Hiltion uses idioms to get the piece to flow more with the time period, but the other uses idioms to make poeple laugh.

]]> 2016-11-07 00:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135654057 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135662690 In both "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, and "Confessions of an Idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, both use idioms. Except the the idioms in the novel are used to get a point across to the reader, and in the video idioms are used to show how the figurative meaning of an idiom is different from a literal meaning. The skeleton and the elephant are arguing so skeleton says to the elephant, "Don't you have bigger fish to fry?" (Koh and Helms). Next, you see the skeleton with a fish in a frying pan in his hand, he is showing the figurative meaning of this saying. The literal meaning is don't you have something more important to do then argue with me, the skeleton is trying to show us that. In "The Outsiders" they are talking about a character (Johnny) who isn't a very loud, talkative, and outgoing as the rest of the gang, "Johnny was the gang's pet" (Hinton 25). The figurative meaning of this idiom was the gang had a pet and it was Johnny, but the literal meaning was Johnny followed the gang around, always was there for them, was loyal, but he didn't talk. S.E. Hinton was trying to use idioms to give you a better understanding of the character. When she uses them throughout the story she is trying to get a point across, and give you a bigger and better understanding of the character's situation. All in all, both the novel and the video use idioms but for different reasons.]]> 2016-11-07 02:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135662690 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135665493 In the novel The Outsiders, by S.E. Hilton, and “Confessions of an Idiom” animated comedy, by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, the idioms are used in different ways. In the video, the skeleton doesn’t want the elephant to go anywhere, so he says, “I have my eye on you” (Koh and Helms). This literally means that the skeleton took his eye out of his head, and put it on the skeleton. This actually means that the skeleton is always watching the elephant, and not taking his eye out of his head and putting it onto the elephant. The video is trying to be funny, and it’s basically a joke. If someone said something the video said, people would probably think that you’re crazy. However, in The Outsiders, it is a little different because,“Johnny is afraid of his own shadow” (Hinton 4). This literally means that Johnny can’t look at his shadow because he is too afraid. This actually means that Johnny is afraid of almost everything. In the novel, the idioms aren’t supposed to be funny. Since this book took place in the 60’s, that’s just how they talk. Overall, the use of idioms in the video are different than the ones in the book. ]]> 2016-11-07 03:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135665493 22atop https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135667439 In both The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and “Confessions of an Idiom” by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, idioms are used throughout but in different ways. In “Confessions of an Idiom”, idioms are used in a humorous way by showing the literal meaning. For example the skeleton in the video says “Don’t you have bigger fish to fry?” (Koh and Helms). When this is said the skeleton holds up a frying pan with a tiny fish on it and the elephant fishes to a bigger fish. This is humorous because the video is showing the literal meaning of the idiom and in this case, this would not really happen in real life causing the audience to find it humorous as it is unrealistic. On the other hand, The Outsiders use idioms figuratively to make the text flow better. For instance, Cherry said “‘He had me scared to death’” (Hinton 25). This idiom uses the figurative meaning which is that Cherry was very frightened. The author uses idioms to make her writing more descriptive and less plain and boring. Using idioms makes the writing flow better because Hinton doesn't come out and say that Cherry was scared, she uses idioms to describe how she felt. She does not use idioms in a humorous way, like the video, because the idioms show their figurative meaning instead of literal. All in all, both the novel and video used idioms but in their own unique ways to make the audience interpret them differently.

Idiom: "' He had me scared to death'"(Hinton 25).

Literal Meaning: She was so scared that she died.

Figurative Meaning: She got very scared.

]]> 2016-11-07 03:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135667439 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135669707 Both “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton and “Confessions of an Idiom” by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms used idioms, but in different ways. In “Confessions of an Idiom,” the idioms used are taken literally and are humorous. For example, idioms are taken literally when the skeleton says “I’ve killed two birds with one stone”(Koh and Helms). The phrase “kill two birds with one stone” is recognized by many people to indicate that someone is doing two things at once. In the video, the skeleton has literally “killed two birds with one stone”. While in “The Outsiders,” idioms are used add detail to the story. For instance, since Johnny was one of the youngest members in the gang “Johnny was the gang’s pet”(Hinton 25). Johnny wasn’t an actual animal owned by the gang. He lives a hard life at his house, so the gang protects and looks after Johnny so that nobody can hurt him. In conclusion, the novel and the video both use idioms but for different purposes.  

]]> 2016-11-07 04:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135669707 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135716077 In both "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton and "Confessions of an Idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms Idioms are used but in different ways .In "Confessions of an Idiom" the idioms are used literally and humorously.For example, the skeleton says "I broke someones heart" (Koh and Helmes). The phrase "Breaking someones heart" is usually seen as someone being upset after a break up. But in the video the skeleton literally holds up a broke heart. In contrast, in "The Outsiders" idioms are used to enhance the point of the story .For example, Johnny is one of the youngest members of the gang "Johnny was the gang's pet " (Hinton 25).Johnny wasn't the gangs pet he was just so vulnerable because he's one of the youngest members.All in all, the novel "The Outsiders" and the video "Confessions of an Idiom" both use Idioms for different purposes.
 ]]> 2016-11-07 10:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135716077 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135743324 While the video uses the idioms literally while the book “The Outsiders” uses more of the figuratively. In “The Outsiders” S.E. Hinton uses the more figuratively and to let the reader know the time period and also to get a point across, “The gang's pet” (Hinton 12). This shows that johnny is the baby of the gang. While “The Outsiders” uses the idioms figuratively the video uses the literally. In the video she uses it for laughs, “I stabbed a man in the back” (Koh and Helms). ]]> 2016-11-07 13:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135743324 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135793986 2016-11-07 15:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135793986 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135794047 In both “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton and “Confessions of an Idiom” by Amanda Koh and Mollies Helms, Idioms are used but in different ways. In “Confessions of an Idiom”, the idioms are used in a more humorous way by showing the literal meaning. For example, the elephant in the video had a can of beans, with ‘Spill the Beans’ and then it spilled. While in “The Outsiders”, they use idioms to add more detail in the story and make it flow more smoothly. For example, “Johnny was scared of his own shadow”, meaning he was scared of his past. In conclusion, in both the novel and the video, they are describing what is happening using idioms in many different ways. 

]]> 2016-11-07 15:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/135794047 https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/136269306 In both "Confessions of an idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollies Helms and "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton use idioms in very different ways. In the video an idiom used is, "Spill the beans" (Helms, Koh). In the video they literally took a can of beans and spilled them on the ground. Figuratively it meant to let out a secret, but the video showed it literally. Differently, In the novel an idiom used is, "His dancing gray eyes were stormy" (25). In the novel this didn't really mean his eyes were dancing with a storm overhead. Hinton used it figuratively saying that his happy eyes turned very angry. In conclusion, "The Outsiders" and Confessions of an Idiom use idioms in an unlike way. ]]> 2016-11-09 00:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/egianakis/40mb6erm68zv/wish/136269306