OMAM
Literary Elements
Fig. Lang 1
Fig. Lang. 2
Parts of Speech
100

George and Lennie's American Dream

What is a farm of their own where they can be their own boss' and raise rabbits?

100

In literature, time and place is also known as...

What is setting?

100

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as is called a....

What is a simile?

100

The pattern of rhyming words in a poem is called the...

What is rhyme scheme? 

100

A person, place, thing or idea is called...

What is a noun
200

These two characters have a brotherly relationship in which one is particularly protective of another. 

Who are George and Lennie? 
200

The term used to describe the problem in any fictional story...

What is conflict?

200

A comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as...

What is metaphor?

200
When language is repeated in a poem or text to add emphasis, it is called:

What is repetition?

200

An action word is called

What is a verb?

300

 “if something bad happens go hide in the brush” is an example of the literary device: ____________________

What is foreshadowing?

300

This literary element is often created by descriptive setting, and is the feeling the reader gets as they read....

What is mood? 

300

When an author gives human qualities to something not human, that is called....

What is personification?

300

What two ideas or placed side by side in a text in order to draw attention to their difference, it is called...

What is juxtaposition? 

300

A describing word that modifies (or describes) a verb is called an....

What is an adjective?

400

 “if something bad happens go hide in the brush” foreshadows this event in the novel. 

What is Lennie getting into trouble and his eventual death?

400

We often use the acronym STEAL to determine the ______________ of a key person in a literary text. 

What is Characterization?

400

When an author uses vivid, sensory language to paint a picture of something in my mind, they are using...

What is imagery?

400

What an author uses language that shows extreme exaggeration, it is called...

What is hyperbole?

400
A word that typically ends in -ly and describes or modifies a verb is called....

What is an adverb? 

500

This character represents a god-like figure who knows the answers and is someone to confide in. 

Who is Slim?

500

A character's feelings/thoughts/beliefs about a specific topic are often referred to as their _________ (this term is also used to describe how a text is written.... 1st, 2nd, 3rd) 

What is point of view?

500

When something, someone, an object, someplace represents something deeper in a text, that is known as...

What is symbolism?

500

When an author compares two ideas using like or as, and adds descriptions or examples to the comparison, it is called...

What is an analogy?
500

A term used in to replace a noun to avoid repetition is called a...

What is a pronoun? 

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