The Great Gatsby
Vocab Definitions
Animal Farm
Reliable Sources/MLA
Rhetorical Techniques
100

The Great Gatsby takes place during this decade...

The 1920's

100

a longing for something past

Nostalgia

100

The pig who emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the rebellion. He uses military force to rise to power.

Napoleon

100

This citation points the reader to your, "Works Cited" page

in-text or parenthetical

100

Practice, practice, practice...

Repetition

200

This character played football in college.

Tom

200

To make permanent or long lasting

Perpetuate

200

He is the cart horse whose incredible strength and dedication play a key role in the completion of the Windmill.

Boxer

200
In an in-text citation, this punctuation should go directly after your source's page number.

Close-parenthesis  )

200

I came, I saw, I conquered

Rule of Three

300

She has a voice that is "full of money."

Daisy

300

So unimportant that it can be disregarded.

Negligible

300
In Animal Farm, Squealer represents this part of Russian History...

Russian Propaganda

300

This is an example of the least reliable sources of information

tabloid, sketchy website, social media

300

She sells seashells by the seashore

Alliteration

400

This character says, "I won't be able to go to the funeral, but will you send my shoes?"

Klipspringer, The Boarder

400

stormy, harsh

inclement

400

He is the old donkey who refuses to feel inspired by the rebellion.

Benjamin

400

This should go directly after your parenthetical citation.

a period

400

My iphone is blowing up!

Exaggeration

500
This character was Gatsby's mentor in wealth

Dan Cody

500

having limits

Finite

500

She is a good-hearted female carthorse who suspects the pigs of violating the Seven Commandments.

Clover

500

If you are citing a work without an author, this should go in your in-text citation.

The title

500

Be afraid! Be VERY afraid!

Emotive Language

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