Of Mice and Men: Take Home Final Test
Essay Choices
Looking at the ENTIRE novel, you need to support your ideas with specific
support from the novel.
o Answer the question (using the language of the question)
o Cite evidence from the text
o Explain the citation (why does the quote prove your point?)
o Summarize your argument (re-state the Answer in a new way)
Extra Credit – 5 points, if essay is typed and printed, using MLA guidelines.
Handwritten must be totally legible, and still have a MLA heading and a title.
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Required: Submit the classwork brainstorming with your essay. It is worth 10
points out of 30 points of the essay value.
Required: Use 5 vocabulary terms correctly from the chapters in your essay.
1. Analyze the relationship of George and Lennie. Use information from the novella
to support your analysis.
2. Analyze the concept of friendship. Use information from the novella to support
your analysis.
3. Analyze the importance of dreams. Use information from the novella to support
your analysis.
4. Analyze Steinbeck’s use of foreshadowing in moving the plot forward. Use
information from the novella to support your analysis.
5. Analyze the concept of loneliness. Use information from the novella to support
your analysis.
6. Analyze the concept of disabilities. Use information from the novella to support
your analysis.
7. Analyze Steinbeck’s use of figurative language as a literary device. Use
information from the novella to support your analysis.
8. Analyze the concept of discrimination. Use information from the novella to
support your analysis.
9. Write a theme of the story. Use information from the novella to support your
analysis.
10. Analyze the role of women. Use information from the novella to support your
analysis.
11. Analyze the film in comparison to the book. Explain the added scenes, and how it
changes the theme of the book to the film.
YES, you may use your notes and your book!
YES! You should discuss literary devices as part of your support: foreshadowing,
symbols, dialect, indirect characterization, direct characterization, character type, internal
conflict, external conflict, protagonist, antagonist, exposition, rising action, climax,
falling action, resolution, suspense, setting, imagery, flashback, dialogue, genre,
inference, simile, metaphor, idiom.
YES! GRAMMAR AND SPELLING COUNTS! 1 point off per error.
DUE: December 20th, 2013, the Friday before Winter Break.
Example
Description of Skills
Steinbeck uses nature in his
metaphors.
You pinpoint or spot a device:
Steinbeck writes about nature. He
uses a metaphor to show that Lennie
is like an animal when Lennie tries to
avoid Curley’s blows: “Lennie
covered his face with huge paws”
(64).This foreshadows that Lennie
can be dangerous, as Curley finds out
Steinbeck writes about nature. He
uses a metaphor to show that Lennie
is like an animal when Curley “stood
crying, his fist lost in Lennie’s paw
(63).” This shows that Lennie can be
dangerous and can perhaps be
unpredictable when, moments
before, he had been “smiling with
delight at the memory of the ranch”
( 62).
Steinbeck writes about nature. He
uses a metaphor to show that Lennie
is like an animal when Curley “stood
crying, his fist lost in Lennie’s paw”
(64). This shows that Lennie can be
dangerous and can perhaps be
unpredictable when, moments
before, he had been “smiling with
delight at the memory of the ranch”
( 62). Steinbeck subtly suggests that
Lennie, like an animal, reacts
instinctively to the immediate
situation.
Steinbeck writes about nature. He
uses a metaphor to show that Lennie
is like an animal when Lennie tries to
avoid Curley’s blows: “Lennie
covered his face with huge paws”
(63).This foreshadows that Lennie
can be dangerous, as Curley finds out
when Curley “stood crying, his fist
lost in Lennie’s paw”( 64). This shows
that Lennie can be dangerous and
can perhaps be unpredictable when,
moments before, he had been
“smiling with delight at the memory
of the ranch” ( 62). Steinbeck subtly
suggests that Lennie, like an animal,
reacts instinctively to the immediate
situation, but also forms a pattern of
behavior which can be traced
throughout the novel and leads to
the death of Curley’s wife.
You gave details to make your point clearer.
You have at least three paragraphs, with as
introduction, body and conclusion.
Grade - Point value
out of 30
F - less than 18 points
/ or
Only brainstorming is
submitted.
D – 18 to 20 points
You have investigate and look at the points in
detail. You see that there is more to discover.
You’ve cited the page number correctly.
You have five paragraphs, with an introduction,
body and conclusion.
C – 21 to 23 points
You dig deeper into Steinbeck’s work, and examine
it carefully.
You’ve cited the page number correctly.
You have five paragraphs , with an introduction,
body and conclusion.
B – 24 to 27
You weigh up the effectiveness of Steinbeck’s
writing .You use your own judgments and invent
your own ways looking at the novel.
You’ve cited the page number correctly.
You have five paragraphs , with an introduction,
body and conclusion.
A – 28 to 30