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Usually the character who opposes the protagonist

General Example: The mall police officer who questioned Judy was unfair and assumptive.

Example from story: “He [Curley] glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie. His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hands closed into fists” (25).

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A main character or “hero” of a story

General Example: Judy realized after her “false arrest” that not everyone is bad; she remained an honest and law-abiding person.

Example from story: George says to Lennie, “‘Because I got you an’—’

‘An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,’ Lennie cried in triumph” (104).

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The moral or message or lesson of a story.

General Example: Judy now realizes that false accusations occur, and she decides to forgive the mall police.

Example from story:
George says to Lennie, “‘Because I got you an’—’

‘An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,’ Lennie cried in triumph” (104).

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The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the readers.

General Example: Judy felt nervous as the mall police continued to question her.  Around her, everything suddenly became fuzzy and dream-like. She felt helpless, alone, and experienced a disturbing sense of floating.

Example from story:  Curley lashed his body around. ‘By Christ, he’s [Lennie] gotta talk when he’s spoken to. What the hell are you gettin’ into it for?’

‘We travel together,’ said George coldly.

‘Oh, so it’s that way.’

George was tense, and motionless. ‘Yeah, it’s that way.''

Lennie was looking helplessly to George for instructions” (25).

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A repeating theme or event.

General Example: Judy tells the story (to anyone who will listen) about her encounter with the mall police almost daily.

Example from story: ‘An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages…’” (14).

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The writer's attitude toward the material and/or characters. Tone may be playful, formal, intimate, angry, serious, ironic, outraged, baffled, tender, serene, depressed, etc.

General Example: Judy, nervous and sweating bullets, felt the world closing in on her as the cop questioned her.

Example from story:  “Lennie avoided the bait. He had sensed his advantage. ‘If you don’t want me, you only jus’ got to say so , and I’ll go off in those hills right there—right up in those hills and live by myself’” (13)

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A manner of expression: how a character or writer says what he/she says.

General Example: Judy, when confronted by mall police for suspected theft, said, “You don’t know me. I ain’t no thief!”

Example from story: ‘Oh, sure, George. I remember that now.’ His hands went quickly into his side coat pockets. He said gently, ‘George . . . I ain’t got mine. I musta lost it.’ He looked down at the ground in despair” (5).

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The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

General Example: Judy, dressed in blue jeans, a blue tee-shirt with the logo “Love rules,” and orange Converse high top tennis shoes with mismatched red and blue shoelaces, entered the mall. She felt as if she was the Queen of the Mall.

Example from story: “Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves.  The shade climbed up the hills toward the top.  On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones” (2).

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A string of words beginning with the same consonant.

General Example: Susie sold seashells by the seashore.

Example from story: “On the sand banks, the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones” (2).

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The solution to conflicts presented in the story

General Example: Judy, being smart and time efficient, is able to do both her homework and go to the mall.

Example from story:  George solves his problem with the ranch boss by explaining fakely that he talks for Lennie, because Lennie was kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid (22)

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A turning point in the story

General Example: Judy goes to the mall, without finishing her homework, and runs into her English teacher who asks about her work.

Example from story:   George and Lennie are late to the ranch, the ranch boss gets mad at them and is suspicious of George when he talks for Lennie (21-23).

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A problem or unresolved issue in a story

General Example: Judy wants to finish her homework, but her friend wants her to go to the mall. Judy is confused about what to do.

Example from story: “‘George, you want that I should go away and leave you alone?’” (12).

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A direct comparison of generally unlike objects NOT using “like” or as.”

General Example: His fingers are the tree branches that scraped the side of the house.

Example from story: “Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water…” (3).

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A comparison of generally unlike objects using “like” or “as.”

General Example: His fingers were like ice.

Example from story: "On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones” (2).

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When the author provides hints of what may happen later in the story

General Example: In a play, the main character in the first act might show the audience he has a pistol by placing it in his pocket. Later, in the third act, he is attacked and is able to defend himself with the pistol.

Example from story: “‘Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’t kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead’” (5

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Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something else.

General Example: The American flag

Example from story: “‘An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages…’” (14)

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The act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side

General Example: Judy went to the mall with her friends who loved to frequent the clothing shops.  Judy much preferred the bookstores.

Example from story:  “‘Lennie—if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush’” (15)

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Giving human traits (qualities, characteristics, actions, feelings) to nonliving objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas)

General Example: The wind danced into the room.

Example from story:  “The shade climbed up the hills toward the top” (2)