Aims of the lesson

• To revise the language devices that we might see in Of Mice and Men

• To comment on the effect of language devices in an extract

• To write a successful PEEL paragraph

Language Devices

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HOME LEARNING

Find out the definition of each of these and write an example to go with each

one!

The best example for each one wins a praise point!

Due: Monday

The sun streaks were high on the wall by now, and the light wasgrowing soft in the barn. Curley's wife lay on her back, and she washalf covered with hay.It was very quiet in the barn, and the quiet of the afternoon was onthe ranch. Even the clang of the pitched shoes, even the voices of themen in the game, seemed to grow more quiet. The air in the barn wasdusky in advance of the outside day. A pigeon flew in through the openhay door and circled and flew out again. Around the last stall camea shepherd bitch, lean and long, with heavy, hanging dugs. Halfwayto the packing box where the puppies were she caught the dead scent ofCurley's wife, and the hair arose along her spine. She whimpered andcringed to the packing box, and jumped in among the puppies.Curley's wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay. And themeanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache forattention were all gone from her face. She was very pretty and simple,and her face was sweet and young. Now her rouged cheeks and herreddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly. Thecurls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head,and her lips were parted.As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remainedfor much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stoppedfor much, much more than a moment.

How does the language in this chapter influence your views of Curley’s wife?

How does the language in this chapter influence your views of Curley’s wife?

The extract starts with an interesting use of light imagery which suggests that the light was dimming. Steinbeck says the “light was growing soft in the barn.” The use of the adjective “soft” suggests that there was a spiritual and almost heavenly feel to the scene where Curley’s wife is laying dead. This would suggest to the reader that Steinbeck felt some sympathy for Curley’s wife and that whilst her chance of the American Dream is over, she is going to a better place.

Furthermore, Steinbeck uses sound imagery to convey that Curley’s wife is now at peace. He uses repetition of the word “quiet” when he says “It was very quiet in the bar, and the quiet of the afternoon was on the ranch.” The sound imagery adds to the image that Curley’s wife is at peace now and contributes to the idea that she is now in heaven.

Peer Assessment

1) Did my partner name features of language?2) Did my partner integrate quotations

effectively?3) Did my partner analyse individual words and

phrases?4) Did my partner suggest how the language

effects the reader?5) Did my partner answer the question? /5