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Quotes Figurative Language Potpourri $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $600 $800 $1000 CharactersVocabulary
Pugnacious
Ready to fight
Imperious
Domineering or demanding
Complacent
Self satisfied, content, unbothered
Bemused
Preoccupied
Derision
Ridicule, mockery, to make fun of
“That ranch we’re goin’ to is right down there about a quarter mile.”
George explaining to Lennie where they will be working
“An’ you won’t let the big guy talk, is that it?”
Curley to George asking why Lennie doesn’t speak
“Seems to me like he’s worse lately.”
Candy (the swamper) talking about Curley
Narration: “His ear heard more than was said to him…”
Slim
Narration: “Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent.”
Candy upon hearing the gunshot that killed his dog
Like a father-son or a parent-child.
George and Lennie’s relationship
This character felt George was cheating Lennie.
Boss of the ranch
Because if Lennie does anything stupid, it won’t be a surprise
The reason George lied about Lennie’s mental slowness.
The reason Candy is allowed to become part of Lennie’s and George’s dream
Candy’s cash savings
Why this character so readily agrees to being told what to say
Slim will expose Curley’s cowardice
“The silence came into the room.”
Personification (Tension created by waiting for the shooting of Candy’s dog)
“(He) dabbled his big paw in the water.”
Metaphor (Lennie playing in the water)
“His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer.”
Simile (Describing Slim’s hands)
“(He) drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.”
Simile (Describing Lennie drinking water the first evening)
“The cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward.” DAILY DOUBLE
Metaphor/Person- ification (Describing turning on the electric light in the bunkhouse)
When an author gives clues to what may happen later in the story
Foreshadowing
A repeating theme or event
Motif
George’s confession to Slim about his early treatment of Lennie
George told Lennie to jump in a river knowing he couldn’t swim.
The theme symbolized by the card game solitaire.
Loneliness
The character Whit is included for this reason.
To further create tension while waiting for Candy’s dog to be shot
Make your wager
Long the home of Steinbeck and the setting for many of his books
Salinas Valley
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