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24 Cards in this Set
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Who is the author? |
John Stienbeck |
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What year was John Stienbeck born? |
1902 |
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What was the first novel he ever wrote? |
Cup of Gold |
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What did he specialize in? |
The depression |
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What year did John Stienbeck die? |
1968 |
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Foreshadowing |
Clues to hunt at a later event |
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Point of view |
Vantage point of the story |
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Mottled |
Spotted or blotched |
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Skittered |
Light, rapid, skipping |
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Juncture |
Point where two things meet |
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Where is the novel set? |
Soledad, California |
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What root word does the city share? |
Solitude |
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Who is the swamper? |
Candy |
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Themes |
Loneliness and morality |
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Point of view |
Omniscient |
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Style |
The particular way in which a writer uses a language |
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Allusion |
Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or event from literature, poetry, history, mythology, etc |
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Recumbent |
Lying down; leaning, resting |
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Morosely |
In a gloomy way, sad, surly, sullen |
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Brusquely |
Abruptly, bluntly |
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Imperiously |
In a commanding, authoritative way |
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Lumbering |
Moved ponderously, as though weighed down |
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Periscope |
Instrument for seeing something higher up |
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How did Curley break his hand |
Provoked lennie for laughing or smiling and he started to beat him up so lennie grabbed and crushed his hand |
