Of Mice and Men: Literary Devices

Question 1

"...the sun threw a bright dust-laden bar through one of the side windows..." (Steinbeck 18).

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 2

"...and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish" (Steinbeck 91).

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 3

"He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch..." (Steinbeck 33).

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 4

"The light climbed on out of the valley..." (Steinbeck 100).

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 5

"...and he came as silently as a creeping bear moves" (Steinbeck 100).

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 6

"The barn was darkening gradually..." (Steinbeck 98).

Accepted Answer

Imagery

Question 7

"The sounds of wheels drew away" (Steinbeck 65).

Accepted Answer

Not a literary device

Question 8

"The hay came down like a mountain slope to the other end of the barn" (Steinbeck 84).

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 9

"The sycamore leaves whispered in a little night breeze" (Steinbeck 16).

Accepted Answer

Personfication

Question 10

"Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on" (Steinbeck 93).

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 11

"... and in and out of the beams flies shot like rushing stars" (Steinbeck 18).

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 12

"Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages" (Steinbeck 31).

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 13

"Already the sun had left the valley to go climbing up the slopes..." (Steinbeck 99).

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 14

"Lennie dabbed his big paw in the water..." (Steinbeck 3).

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 15

"His hands...were as delicate in their action as those of a temple dancer" (Steinbeck 34).

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 16

"...and a gust drove through the tops of the tree like a wave" (Steinbeck 99).

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 17

"The afternoon sun sliced in through the cracks of the barn walls..." (Steinbeck 84).

Accepted Answer

Imagery

Question 18

"Her face was made up and the little sausage curls were all in place" (Steinbeck 86).

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 19

"The boss deliberately put the little book in his pocket" (Steinbeck 22).

Accepted Answer

Not a literary device

Question 20

"On the sandy bank under the trees the leaves lie deep and so crisp..." (Steinbeck 1).

Accepted Answer

Imagery

Questions 20