Huck Finn
When Jim hears he was going to be sold down South, where he would be separated from his family and treated badly, what does he do?
He runs away
What pair of eyes are referred to as the "eyes of God?"
T. J. Eckleberg
DAILY DOUBLE
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What is a comparison between two things in order to make it more emphatic called? (as brave as a lion)
Simile
Who does Nick become romantically involved with?
Jordan Baker
It was a body capable of enormous leverage...A Cruel body (Describes?)
Tom Buchanan
Mississppi River (H.F)
Freedom, Easy living, Huck and Jims Journey
What river city are Huck and Jim trying to reach?
Cairo
What does the color white represent?
Emptiness, innocence, purity
Who is Miss Watson's sister?
Widow Douglas
What is it called when something is given a name based on the sound that it makes (meow, oink, sizzle, etc.)
Onomatopoeia
What is the name of Gatsby's father?
Henry Gatz
Jordan Baker
Gatsby's yellow car (G.G)
New wealth
How much money was Miss Watson going to sell Jim for?
$ 800
What motivates Gatsby?
His love for Daisy
Who tells Huck that to be a convincing girl he needs to thread a needle properly?
Judith Loftus
What is a seemingly absurd statement that turns out to be true on closer examination?
Who is driving Gatsby's car when Myrtle dies?
Daisy
One of the few honest people I have ever known. (describes and speaker)
Nick Carraway
Daisy's voice (G.G)
Established wealth, money can buy anything
What island do Huck and Jim go to?
Jackson's Island
What is a symbolic representation of Gatsby's hopes and dreams, always just out of reach?
The green light at the end of the dock
Who comes up with outlandish schemes and stories?
Tom Sawyer
What is giving human characteristics to something non-human, or a representation of an abstract quality in human form called?
personification
Who murders Gatsby?
George Wilson
Oh you want too much. I love you now (speaker)
Daisy Buchanan
Owl eyes (G.G)
Voice of reason or reality
Who was the dead body on the boat?
Pap
What does Nick call the anonymous man that he saw in the library and at the funeral?
Owl Eyes
Who is a father figure to Huck?
Jim
verbal irony
Which gambler fixed the 1919 World Series?
Meyer Wolfsheim
A solemn old man, very helpless and dismayed. All bundled up in a cheap ulster. (describes)
Henry Gatz
Eyes of God (G.G)
T. J Eckleberg
How does Huck try to save the robbers on the Walter Scott
Alerts a ferryboat man further down the river
Why does nick leave Chicago to move to the east?
To get away from other peoples problems
Huck prefers the God of this woman over that of her sister.
Widow Douglas
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to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Allusion
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This Character represents Hope, Destiny, Wealth,
Gatsby
Can't repeat the past, why of course you can! I'm going to fix everything. (speaker)
Gatsby
Freedom from the Hardships of real world (H.F)
The raft