English Davis Exam

When George sends Lennie for firewood

Lennie comes back with a dead mouse

The clearing by the river is described by John Steinbeck as

peaceful

Crooks, the stable-buck, is best described as

proud

Crooks' quarters are in the barn because he's

black

Curley picks on men who are

bigger than him

If Lennie gets in trouble, George wants him to

hide in the brush near the river

The dream of the ranch comes to be represented by Lennie's hope of tending

rabbits

The body of Curley's wife is first discovered by

Candy

Curley's wife dreams of being a

movie star

George can't trust Lennie to carry his own

work card

The first of the ranch hands to join George and Lennie in the pursuit of their dream is

Candy

George kills Lennie with a gun that had belonged to

Carlson

George briefly gives in to the suspicion that Curley's wife is having an affair with

Slim

George feels that he and Lennie are different from the other ranch hands in that they have each other and

a future

George confesses that his pranks almost caused Lennie to

drown

simile

a direct comparison between two unlike things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison

metaphor

a comparison between two unlike things. This describes one thing as if it were something else. Does NOT use "like" or "as" for the comparison

personification

attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions

onomatopoiea

a blending of constant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described

oxymoron

a combination of contradictory words, such as cruel kindness

idiom

a widely used saying or expression containing a figurative meaning that differs from the phrase's literal meaning

hyperbole

exaggeration

allusion

unacknowledged reference and quotation that authors assume their readers will recognize

alliteration

the repetition of identical sounds, most often the sounds of beginning words in close proximity

pun

play on words; double meaning

assonance

the repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity

synechdoche

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

reverberate

echo

placate

satisfy by giving up something

reiterate

repeat

subdued

passive

strain

musical sound

outspoken

forthright

valedictorian

graduation speaker

symphony

orchestra

expound

explain in detail

edict

law

phonetic

related to speech sounds

retort

sharp answer

vociferous

loud

abdicate

give up

succinct

precise

retract

take back

blare

loud, harsh sound

assonance

repeated similar sounds

terse

brief and direct

exhort

urgent request

dissonance

conflicting sounds

resonate

repeat

predicate

part of a sentence

cacophony

mix of unpleasant sounds

peal

series of loud sounds

consonant

type of letter and sound

reticent

reserved

sonorous

having a deep sound

raucous

harsh and unpleasant

phonograph

device for playing recorded sound