Of Mice and Men
The opening setting in Of Mice and Men alludes to this Biblical setting, but something is slightly off...
The Garden of Eden
Every body paragraph should have one: a statement as part of your argument that can be supported with evidence.
Claim
Using gestures and body movements without words
Pantomime
"Something's coming..." This narrative device hints at things to come, and usually makes us a little nervous for what's coming.
Foreshadowing
Are you a Jenny or the other daughter from Edith Wharton's short story, "Roman Fever"?
Babs, or Barbara
Curley's wife dreamed of being this before she married Curley.
An actor
The opposing argument
Counterargument
Downcast or sad; depressed
Dejected
Theme
Where can I typically find the thesis statement in an essay?
The introduction paragraph
Candy's major regret from chapter 3
He shouldn't have let someone else shoot his dog; he should have done it himself.
This is the part of the argument where you prove the other side wrong, irrelevant, or less important than your side of the argument.
Rebuttal
Quarrelsome, or fond of fighting, just like Curley
Pugnacious
An idea that is central to a text....it's not as hard as you think!
Central idea
Norman Bowker's constant circles around the lake represented his circling thoughts about his experiences in Vietnam. This is an example of this literary device.
Symbolism
Lennie hallucinates these two characters at the end of the book
Aunt Clara and a talking rabbit
The appeal of 'timeliness' is referred to by this Greek term
Kairos
Soothed, or calmed (even if this word doesn't sound like it)
Mollified
Lennie and George are one example of this; Sherlock and Watson are another example of this type of character "set." Two characters that contrast each other for the purpose of highlighting a difference.
Foil characters
Jason Reynold's novel Long Way Down is unique because it is a novel written in this writing style.
Verse poetry/poetic verse
This character is described as, "the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders."
Slim
These are the techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling.
Rhetorical appeals
"Bueller? Bueller?" is an example of this tone of voice.
Monotonous
In Jason Reynold's Long Way Down, the middle drawer in Will's bedroom is described as being jammed sideways, "like a jagged tooth." This comparison is an example of which literary device?
Simile
This character in Pan's Labyrinth gets really angry if you eat his grapes.
Pale Man