Literary Techniques
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
Is this Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
As a certified dentist, I know that this toothbrush is better than and will last longer than any other toothbrushes.
What is Ethos
How did Curley's wife die?
Lenny broke her neck
What literary technique that has hits about what will happen later in the story?
What is foreshadowing
"My backpack weighs a TON!"
What is a hyperbole
What does George promise Lenny he will be able to do if they get a farm they get to live on?
Lenny gets to tend their rabbits
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
What is irony
"When I was a student, a teacher changed my life..." is an example of what?
What is an anecdote
The first page of the book,
"A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green."
What type of technique is this?
What is imagery
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
The exam was a piece of cake
What is a metaphor
Is this Pathos, Ethos, or Logos?
"For only $1 a day, you could fill a starving animal's food bowl *cue cute puppy dog eyes*
What is Pathos?
George likes petting soft things
False, it is Lenny who likes petting the soft things, such as puppies and mice.
What literary technique is used it the sentence
The golden sun spilled over the quiet hills
What is imagery
What rhetorical technique is this sentence using?
"My mom told me to act naturally before the play"What is an oxymoron
True or False:
Lenny and George ask Candy if they can borrow his money to buy the two of them a farm
False, Candy asks them if once they get enough money between the THREE of them, if he could live with George and Lenny on their farm