Literature We Have Read This Year/ Common Literary Elements and Techniques

1. Of Mice and Men , by John Steinbeck, (George and Lennie)
2. Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman, (Shawn)
3. Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose, (mainly jurors 8 and 3)
4. A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines, (Grant, Jefferson)

Conflict--meeting of opposing forces (mainly internal and man vs. man)
Setting--time and place of events
Characterization--how the author makes the character come to life (what he/she says and does, author/narrator's direct comments, what/how other characters act towards/ say about him/her)