Literary Vocabulary
The background information in the text including information about characters and setting.
Exposition
A mysterious man who no one really knows anything about. He/she lives next to the narrator.
What is the setting of The Great Gatsby?
How did Nick view the world before he came to New York?
He viewed as an open canvas. A place where no one needed to be judged.
The narrator’s cousin who is quiet and somewhat airheaded.
Daisy
The main character in any text.
Protagonist
A full figured woman who is in control of her husband and can easily sneak around with another character because of her control over her husband.
Myrtle
What is the definition of a “new woman”?
A woman who practices independence. She goes where she wants when she wants. Physically she is characterized with short bobbed hair and a shorter skirt.
What was Daisy’s reaction to hearing the last name “Gatsby”?
She demanded to know which Gatsby
The narrator of the text who was inclined to not judge people until after his experiences in New York.
Nick
The person, thing, or idea/societal normal against the main character.
Antagonist
A giant brute of a man who has questionable morals while he preaches that the “Nordic race” must prevail.
Tom
What is prohibition?
The banning of the manufacturing and sale of alcohol.
Who was the fifth dinner guests who’s “shrill voice” overran the dinner Nick had at Daisy and Tom’s house?
Myrtle's, Tom's mistress
How the author feels about the text. It can be determined by looking at dialogue and narration.
Tone
When and where a story takes place
Setting
A new aged woman who floats around to parties and doesn’t show much of an interest in settling down.
Jordan
What were the bars called that you needed a password to get into?
Speakeasies
Who looks over “the valley of ashes”? What is he/she?
Dr. TJ Eckleburg. He is a billboard
How characters develop throughout the text. This includes what the character wants as well as how he/she related to other characters.
Characterization
How the reader feels about the text. It's manipulated by imagery and discovered by looking at the atmosphere and setting.
Mood
The owner of a gas station in the Valley of Ashes
George
What was one reason women had more time than they did before?
There were more modern day appliances which gave them more time.
Why did Tom hit Myrtle in the nose at the party at their flat?
She kept saying Daisy's name.
Where did Nick move from?
Minnesota