Literary Terms
Symbols and Analysis
Characterization
Plot
WODs
100
Chapters 2-25 of Catcher make up one of these.
What is a flashback?
100
Represents Holden's childish curiosity and his uncertainty about moving into adulthood.
What are the ducks on the pond?
100
This character from Gatsby is known as "the boarder."
Who is Klipspringer?
100
Margaret is ashamed of Francis because of this.
What is his running from the lion?
100
In order to put off Sunny, Holden says he had surgery on this.
What is his clavichord?
200
Holden's ___________ or way of speaking is for the most part sarcastic.
What is tone?
200
Holden shows that he is stepping into adulthood by NOT doing this.
What is riding on the carousel with Phoebe?
200
This character represents Joseph of Arimathea.
Who is Mr. Antolini?
200
Harry is dying from this.
What is gangrene?
200
The name for an open-top car, like the one Daisy Fay used to drive.
What is a roadster?
300
The reference to Pygmalion in The Great Gatsby is known as this.
What is an allusion?
300
This object is used to represent Daisy choosing Tom the night before her wedding.
What are pearls?
300
The old waiter uses the word "nada" in this to show his loss of this.
What is "The Lord's Prayer" and what is faith?
300
Krebs refuses to do this with his mother.
What is pray with her?
300
This word is used to describe the middle-class values of Holden's family.
What is bourgeois?
400
This is known as an emotional outpouring.
What is a catharsis?
400
According to George Wilson, this represents God.
What are the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleberg?
400
Holden's conversation with this character foreshadows his location in chapters 1 and 26.
Who is Carl Luce?
400
Gatsby dies here from this.
What is in his pool from being shot by George Wilson?
400
While in NYC, Holden is very irresponsible with his money and what he buys, making him this.
What is a spendthrift?
500
The Catcher in the Rye is a coming of age story, also known as this.
What is a bildungsroman?
500
These are used to represent the memories and stories that Harry never got to write.
What are the sections in italics in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?
500
This character's cufflinks are made of these and emphasize his illegal activities.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim and what are human teeth?
500
This is one of the "souvenirs" Mr. Gatz brings to Gatsby's house around the time of the funeral.
What is the Hoppalong Cassidy book, Gatz's old daily schedule, or the photo of Gatsby's mansion.
500
Fitzgerald does this with the colors gold and silver in Gatsby's clothing in order to compare and contrast them.
What is juxtapose them?
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