English I (Pre-AP): Of Mice and Men Test Preview

Tomorrow, you'll have a test on the first chapter of John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men. (If you haven't yet obtained a copy, print off the first nine pages from this online copy.)

We'll be on a shortened period, you'll have an advantage over the rest of the class, if you already know the following...

Literary Devices

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Comparison
• Contrast
• Dialogue
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Third-Person Objective Point of View

Vocabulary

• Careless
• Clumsy
• Contempt
• Empathy
• Establish
• Familiarity
• Heron
• Irrelevant
• Lumbered
• Recumbent
• Skittering
• Stilt(ed)
• Willow

Mood/Tone Words

• Bleak
• Cheerful
• Inquisitive
• Sinister
• Tranquil