OMAM Chapter two

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Of Mice and Men - Chapter two

Vocabulary, foreshadowing

Look up the following words

swamper

jail bait

burlap

buckers

tart (Well, I think Curley's married... a tart)

scourges

pugnacious

purty (slang - she is purty)

What is foreshadowing?

Chekhov's gun

"Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there."

set up --> pay off

Red Herring

• red herring may be used by the writer to plant a false clue that leads readers or audiences towards a false conclusion

• seemingly plausible, though ultimately irrelevant, diversionary tactic

foreshadowing

Foreshadowing can be done through many means: dialogue, character actions, scene descriptions and the titles of chapters or the novel itself.

The function of foreshadowing is to build anticipation in the reader about what might happen next and adds dramatic tension to a story. It adds emphasis to the event when it finally occurs. 

foreshadowing in Star Wars

foreshadowing in of Mice and Men?

What could the dead mice foreshadow?

Read chapter two

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