Ms.Gianakis

Language Arts 3

7 November 2016

Idioms in The Outsiders: Padlet Assignment 

In The Outsiders and “Confessions of an Idiom Animated Comedy”, the authors uses idioms to make it funny, enhance their writing, and to make it more interesting. In the video  “Confessions of an Idiom Animated Comedy”, they say “I have my eye on you” (Kohl and Helms). Kohl and Helms who did this video uses a unique idiom. The skeleton said to the elephant that he got his eye on him and he actually took his eye, and  it was on the elephant. In The Outsiders, the author uses an idiom, “Tough as nails” (Hinton 9). The character is actually not as tough as nails, he is really strong. He is saying that he is the stronger just as metal nails. Therefore, The Outsiders and “Confessions of an Idiom Animated Comedy”, work with idioms in different ways to make the story more interesting.
“Tough as nails” (Hinton 9)
Literal: He is tough as nails

Figurative: He is really tough

AS

November 5, 2016


In the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton and the video "The Confessions of an Idiom" Animated by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms both use idioms to enhance or make the video/story more interesting.  In the video, written by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, the skeleton and elephant both are making funny but literal idioms. For example, when the skeleton says "[He] stabbed a man in the back"(Koh and Helms). When the skeleton says that he stabbed a man in the back he actually shows that he stabbed a man in the back with a knife, therefore Koh and Helms make it very clear that it is literal. Also, by saying and showing the spectators the idiom they used, the animators enhance their video and make it humerous by making the characters do the literal part of the idiom. Similarly, in the novel The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton, one of the main characters, Ponyboy, is talking about how Greasers don't use anything cheap when they fight each other they use their fist "' It blows off steam better than anything'"(Hinton 29). When Hinton uses this idiom she doesn't mean it literally she says it so that it's figurative. Also, S.E. Hinton uses the idioms to make her writing interesting so that it doesn't sound repetitive. So, in the video "Confessions of an idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms and in the book The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton, they both use idioms to enhance their writing and to make it more interesting

Period 3

7 November 2016

                 Figurative and Literal Idioms

 In both, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and the Confessions of an idiom animated by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms each use idioms in a figurative and literal way.  In, The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton uses idioms to relate to the time frame in which the story takes place, and it is described that,”Soda who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen never cracks a book at all” (Hinton 2).  The way that S.E. Hinton said the idiom was in a figurative way to relate to a personality trait about Soda.  She never meant Soda never physically cracks a book at all, figuratively she meant that Soda never opens a book.  On the other hand in animation,”Confessions of an Idiom” by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, they approach the idiom in a literal way when the skeleton was so upset he yelled,”Look at me, I’m falling apart!” (Koh and Helms).  The animators took the idiom in a literal way because in the video when the Elephant spilled the beans, the skeleton’s rib cage came off and his bones started to cripple to pieces and fall off him.  All in all,  in The Outsiders and “Confessions of an Idiom” each of the makers use idioms but in a figurative way and in a literal way.
Idioms Used:
Novel -  "Soda, who is sixteen-going-on-seventeen never cracks a book at all" (Hinton 2).
Video - "Look at me, I'm falling apart" (Koh and Helms).

Miss Gianakis

Language Arts 3 

November 7, 2016 

 
        In the book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton and the video Confessions of an Idiom: Animated Comedy by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, idioms are used to get a point across. The creator of the video uses idioms that are meant to be taken literally. For example, when the skeleton says “Look at me, I’m falling apart” (Koh and Helms) in the video, he is actally falling to pieces. In the “Outsiders”, the idioms are not literal but figurative. When Johhny states, “Stay gold, Ponyboy’ (Hinton 126), it is meant to be taken as Johnny telling Ponyboy to remain good. All in all, both the story and the video both use idioms in different ways to advance there story and video.


Literal meaning of an idiom
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1CUJmuLmj5NVs8B050o6wPBXCXBbykkGX8YkyaT7wf6I/edit

Ms. Gianakis

Period 3

7 November 2016

    In the book the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and Confession of Idiom animated by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, idioms are used in two different ways. In the book, idioms are used figuratively while in the movie they are used literally. In the videos the idiom of “Spill the beans”(Koh and Helms) is said. In the video there is literally an elephant about to spill the beans. The actual meaning of this is to express your secret. According to Hinton, “Nobody in the gang digs books and movies the way I do”(Hinton 2). The meaning of this is that nobody enjoys books as much as Johnny does. All in all, the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and Confession of Idiom by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms, idioms are expressed in two different ways.


Literal meaning of an idiom-
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JhuYQ4nJUKU_66H3sDiNzhWr68YWh1Zfhfj0FjlqMCU/edit#slide=id.p

Miss Gianakis

6 November 2016 

Period 7

 The novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and the animated film "Confessions of an Idiom" by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms both use idioms, but interpret them in different ways. The outsiders use idioms in a figurative way. For example when Ponyboy says, “Sodapop’s never cracked a book” (Hinton 57) he means soda pop has never read a book, not hitting a book with a hammer. On the other hand “Confessions of an Idiom” use idioms in a literal way. The main character says “spill the beans” (Koh and Helms) he means tell the secret, but in the film he literally tips over a can of beans (Koh and Helms). In conclusion, idioms can be interpreted many ways, these three authors show two different ways.