Ms. Gianakis

Period 7 

6, November 2016 

                 Idiom Cer 

In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton the idioms are more figurative, while the idioms in the video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms are more literal. In the video the skeleton wanted the elephant to focus so he said “I’ve got my eye on you” (Koh and Helms). They use this to show how idioms can be literal and funny. On the other hand, in the novel Johnny is the smallest of the gang and because of that “Johnny was the gang's pet” (Hinton 25). Hinton uses idioms figuratively and connects the idioms smoothly in the novel. Her idioms are more serious and not to be funny. All in all, the video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms show the literal meaning of idioms and the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton the idioms are more figurative and serious. 

Ms. Gianakis

Period: 7

7 November 2016

                      Idioms Paragraph

In the novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, idioms are more figurative than they are literal, while the idioms in the video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms are mostly literal. In the video, the skeleton was scared of telling the elephant the truth so he said, “look at me, I’m falling apart” (Koh and Helms).  This shows how how Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms use the literal definitions of idioms to be funny. However, in The Outsiders, Johnny was so scared because of the Socs beating him up, “Johnny was scared of his own shadow” (Hinton 4). This is an example of how S.E. Hinton uses the figurative side of an idiom to be serious. All in all, the video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms and the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton use both the literal and figurative sides of an idiom to be funny and serious. 

Miss. Gianakis 

Period 7

6 November 2016

 Idiom CER 

In the Idiom video by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms used the literal type of idioms to express something, and in the novel The Outsiders, S.E Hinton uses figurative idioms to show something is not funny it’s serious. In the video the skeleton was trying to look for a compliment and said, “ I’m fishing for compliments,”(Koh and Helms). The video’s unique purpose is to make you laugh. These idioms are to make something funny. This supports it because in the video it was the skeleton actually fishing. On the other hand, in the novel, Ponyboy says “ Johnny was scared of his own shadow”(Hinton 4). This is trying to be serious because Johnny was banged up bad and was scared it was going to happen again .  All in all, the video by Mollie Helms and Amanda Koh tells us that you can use any tone in uses different types of idioms, figurative and literal. 

Ms.Gianakis

Language Arts:7

6 November 2016

                                 Idioms CER

     In the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and the video “Confessions of an Idiom” by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms both use idioms, but are used in different ways. In The Outsiders the idioms are used figuratively meaning they are just used to make a point, like how when the narrator tells us how “Johnny was afraid of his own shadow”(Hinton 4) They didn’t actually mean that they were just trying to show that he was afraid of pretty much everything.Where as in “Confessions of an Idiom”(Koh/Helms) all of the idioms that are used there are all taken literally and seriously. This is shown when the skeleton says “Look at me I’m falling apart” and he actually just starts falling to pieces. All in all the novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and the video “Confessions of an Idiom” by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms both use idioms, but are used in different ways.

Miss Gianakis

Period 7 

November 5, 2016

“Shut your trap” (Hinton 21)

The idioms in the book are different the the ones in the in the video because the ones in the video were ones that we use commonly and the ones in the book are ones that we don’t normally hear on a daily bases.  Also, the video had more of a funny tone to the idioms like to make you laugh but, the ones in the book had a very serious tone to it.  For example, in the book shut your trap is mentioned and that is a serious idiom and in the video the idioms used were more funny ones like there's an elephant in the room.  All in all, the idioms in the book and the idioms in the video are different because  of the tone and because how the idioms are used.

Period 7

7 November 2016

Idiom CER

In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton, and in the video Confessions of Idioms by Amanda Koh and Molly Helms, they both use idioms differently. Both the writers use idioms to explain their points and not tell the readers what they are saying. Hinton uses idioms to give the reader an idea of what the time period is in the book. Once, Ponyboy was saying how Johnny got beaten up and, “Johnny was scared of his own shadow” (Hinton 4). Amanda Koh and Molly Helms use idioms differently. In contrast, the video Confessions of Idioms uses idioms to make it more fun. The skeleton didn’t want to admit the crimes he did so he said, “I got my eye on you” (Koh and Helms). Each author uses idioms in a different way. For instance, the novel uses older idioms, and the video uses more 20th century ones. All in all, the novel and video use unalike ways of showing idioms. 

Idiom: “Johnny was scared of his own shadow.” (Hinton 4)

Literal Meaning: He was actually scared of his shadow

Figurative Meaning: He is scared of almost everything.