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Understanding Literary Elements in "Of Mice and Men"

Dive into the literary elements of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" through this interactive Jeopardy-style game. Explore various categories such as vocabulary, quotes, characters, figurative language, and more. Test your knowledge of key themes like foreshadowing and motifs, while also analyzing the relationships between characters such as George and Lennie. This engaging method not only reinforces understanding of the text but also enhances critical thinking skills in literature. Join now and challenge yourself!

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Understanding Literary Elements in "Of Mice and Men"

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  1. Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

  2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. Vocabulary Quotes Characters Figurative Language Potpourri $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $600 $600 $600 $600 $600 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000

  4. Pugnacious

  5. Ready to fight

  6. Imperious

  7. Domineering or demanding

  8. Complacent

  9. Self satisfied, content, unbothered

  10. Bemused

  11. Preoccupied

  12. Derision

  13. Ridicule, mockery, to make fun of

  14. “That ranch we’re goin’ to is right down there about aquarter mile.”

  15. George explaining to Lennie where they will be working

  16. “An’ you won’t let the big guy talk, is that it?”

  17. Curley to George asking why Lennie doesn’t speak

  18. “Seems to me like he’s worse lately.”

  19. Candy (the swamper) talking about Curley

  20. Narration: “His ear heard more than was said to him…”

  21. Slim

  22. Narration: “Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent.”

  23. Candy upon hearing the gunshot that killed his dog

  24. Like a father-son or a parent-child.

  25. George and Lennie’s relationship

  26. This character felt George was cheating Lennie.

  27. Boss of the ranch

  28. Because if Lennie does anything stupid, it won’t be a surprise

  29. The reason George lied about Lennie’s mental slowness.

  30. The reason Candy is allowed to become part of Lennie’s and George’s dream

  31. Candy’s cash savings

  32. Why this character so readily agrees to being told what to say

  33. Slim will expose Curley’s cowardice

  34. “The silence came into the room.”

  35. Personification (Tension created by waiting for the shooting of Candy’s dog)

  36. “(He) dabbled his big paw in the water.”

  37. Metaphor (Lennie playing in the water)

  38. “His hands, large and lean, were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer.”

  39. Simile (Describing Slim’s hands)

  40. “(He) drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.”

  41. Simile (Describing Lennie drinking water the first evening)

  42. “The cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward.” DAILY DOUBLE

  43. Metaphor/Person-ification (Describing turning on the electric light in the bunkhouse)

  44. When an author gives clues to what may happen later in the story

  45. Foreshadowing

  46. A repeating theme or event

  47. Motif

  48. George’s confession to Slim about his early treatment of Lennie

  49. George told Lennie to jump in a river knowing he couldn’t swim.

  50. The theme symbolized by the card game solitaire.

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