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Of Mice and Men

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Setting. Ranch in Soledad, Salianas Valley, south of San Francisco in the 1930's.
Setting of the individual chapters. Chapter One- Thursday evening Chapter Two/Three- Friday Chapter Four- Saturday night Chapter Five/Six- Sunday
True or False: Each story begins with a description of the setting, which is an intrusion from the omniscient narrator. True.
True or False: Each chapter is isolated to one location. True.
Imagery. A description that involves observing something using your five senses.
Simile. A comparison using "like" or "as".
Dialect. Language, sounds, spelling, or grammar. (The accents instead of letters)
Characterization. A description based on actions or speech.
Allusion. A reference to something or someone famous.
Colloquialism. A word that is only used in a specific region.
Idiom. An expression with a different implied meaning than the literal meaning.
Personification. Giving human characteristics to something that isn't human
Foreshadowing. Hints to future events.
Former boxer, boss' son, jealous of big men, wears glove of Vaseline, newly wed, little guy, coward. Curley.
Jerk line Skinner, handsome, 35-50 years old, understanding, tall, powerful, respected, friendly, gave puppy to Lennie. Slim.
Missing his right hand, old man, old dog is shot, swamper, wants to buy house with George and Lenny. Candy.
Wears a lot of makeup, flirts with other guys, no name, weak, wanted to be an actress, doesn't love Curley, killed by Lennie. Curley's wife.
Treated poorly, black, speaks to Lennie and Candy, likes Slim. Crooks.
Irritable, yells at Crooks, suspicious of George and Lenny working together, wears heel boots to make him taller and superior than the other workers. Ranch Boss.
Big and powerful, shoots Candy's dog, has gun stolen before Lennie's death. Carlson.
Four examples of foreshadowing. George telling Lennie to hide in the brush, Curley threatening Lennie, Crooks explaining how no one gets land, Candy regretting not shooting his dog.
Four themes. The American Dream, loneliness, friendship, power.
Created by: emarciante9
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