Characters
How would you describe Lennie from OMAM?
-Big
-Not smart
-Strong
What is a fragment?
A sentence that is incomplete.
Character vs society
An external conflict where the character is against society.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two things that would be otherwise unrelated.
What is the setting of OMAM?
Salinas Valley, California.
During the Great Depression
What is Lennie and Georges dream in OMAM?
To make enough money to buy their own farm and live together. (Achieve the American Dream)
What is a subject?
What or who is doing the action in the sentence.
Character vs character
external conflict where characters are up against one another.
What is a simile?
A figure of speech that uses a comparison between two things usually to make the comparison more vivid.
ex: as brave a a lion
Where was Elie's hometown?
Sighet
Who is Shlomo from Night?
Its Ellies father.
What is a predicate?
Tells what the subject is doing in a sentence.
Character vs nature
Character gets stopped by nature.
What does hyperbole mean?
An extreme exaggeration.
Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"?
William Shakespeare.
State a way in which the camps have changed Elie's personality.
-Loses faith in God
-becomes more serious
-Barely has any feelings anymore
What is a run-on sentence?
When two independent clauses are together without correct punctuation.
Individual vs self
Internal conflict where a character has a conflict with themselves.
What is a Personification?
Giving non-human things, human like traits.
A- answer the question
C- cite evidence to support your answer
E- explain how your evidence supports your answer
Who is Madam Shachter from Night?
The women on the same cattle car as Elie who was screaming about flames.
What is a thesis statement?
A sentence that states what the paper is about.
What is figurative language?
Referring to something without just outright saying it.
Who is the author of OMAM?
John Steinbeck.