OM&M Characters
Literary Periods
Moderns Historical Context
Literary Devices
Misc.
100
This character likes soft, furry things.
Who is Lennie?
100
The literary period to which John Steinbeck and Langston Hughes belonged.
What is the modern literary period?
100
This was a unique challenge to the American dream that occurred during the 1930's.
What was the Great Depression?
100
Thump, buzz, bang are examples of this literary device.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The author of Of Mice and Men?
Who is John Steinbeck?
200
This character's dog was euthanized and offered money to help George and Lennie fulfill their dream?
Who is Candy?
200
Ann Bradstreet and Jonathon Edwards were authors during this literary period?
What is the puritan and deist literary period?
200
This is the name of the movement where America first saw the African American experience through the eyes of African Americans?
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
200
"It was his own, it was not mine, / Far be it that I should repine," is an example of this literary device.
What is rhyme?
200
The person in "The Weary Blues" who utters the lines, "I got the Weary BLues / And I can't be satisfied."
Who is the piano player? Or Who is the blues singer? (Not Langston Hughes)
300
This character craves attention.
Who is Curley's wife?
300
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal," was written by Thomas Jefferson during this literary period?
What is the puritan and deist literary period?
300
America seemed to lose its innocence after this event.
What was World War I?
300
"Droning a drowsy" is an example of this literary device.
What is alliteration?
300
Rhythms in the weary blues reflect the rhythms of this type of music?
What is jazz? or What is the blues?
400
This character is the unofficial leader of the men at the ranch because he's the jerkline skinner.
Who is slim?
400
"If all stories were true, Dr. Heidegger's study must have been a very curious place. It was a dim, old-fashioned chamber, festooned with cobwebs, and besprinkled with antique dust," was written during this literary period.
What is the romantic period?
400
This is a condition immigrants found in American cities at the beginning of the twentieth century?
What is long hours? or What is low wages?
400
"Crooned that tune," is an example of this literary device.
What is assonance?
400
Ms. Johnson's birthday.
What is March 12?
500
This character euthanized Candy's dog.
Who is Carlson?
500
"My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place; and I now resolved that however long I might remain a slave in form, that day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact," was written by Frederick Douglass during this literary period.
What is the realist literary period?
500
The name of the historian with the funny beard in the video clip we watched.
What is Robert Cook?
500
Two literary devices used in the lines, "And far into the night he crooned that tune. / The stars went out and so did the moon."
What are rhyme and assonance?
500
The date of Ms. Johnson's wedding.
What is June 26th?
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