Of Mice and Men
The novel opens on George and Lennie fleeing from this town.
The events of the story take place in this city.
What is Chicago?
This the term for the way events are organized in a narrative.
What is plot or plot structure?
This is the term for a one sentence summary of your argument, typically contained at the end of your introduction paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
This is the object a boy named Jax fell in love with, according to a story we read.
What is the Moon?
Curly puts this inside of his glove to keep his hand soft.
What is vaseline?
Rafaela drinks coconut and papaya juice on these days.
What are Tuesdays?
This is the term for the main action in a story, what the rising action builds towards.
What is the climax?
When analyzing specific language, you should be sure to mention the language's effect on the ______.
What is the reader?
This is the name of a city that people walk away from in a short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin
What is Omelas?
This is the name of the sharp-witted stable-man on the ranch. He is also the only black character in the novel.
Who is Crooks?
Esperanza mentions these streets as ones that her family lived on before they moved to Mango Street. (Name any for points, name all for double)
What are Loomis, Keeler, and Paulina?
These are the 3 types of endings I suggested you include in your fictional narrative.
What are the "Cliffhanger," "Flash Forward," and "Lesson Learned,"?
This is the author of the poem Earthrise, which was one of the first things we read together as a class.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Candy's dog is shot by this man. He also has the last line of the novel.
Who is Carlson?
Sally's husband has this occupation.
What is a Marshmallow salesman?
There are the 3 most common types of conflict found in narratives.
What are "Character v Character" "Character v Self" and "Character v Society"
An essay that contains transitional sentences, introduces its quotes, and makes logical sense moving from point A to point B would be said to have good THIS.
What is flow?
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" was written by this author, whose name is an aptonym.
Who is William Wordsworth?
This is what George was doing when Lennie killed Curley's wife.
What is playing horseshoes?
Esperanza's mother claimed she dropped out of school because she was ashamed of this.
What is not having nice clothes? (Anything relating to clothes is fine)
This is a Latin term which refers to a story that starts in the middle of the main action, and then goes back to fill in details.
What is "In Media Res"?
A reader should be able to understand your main idea by reading only these lines of your essay.
What are the first and last lines of each paragraph?
This is the title of Mr. Rada's favorite book.
What is the Name of the Wind?