The Great Gatsby
The narrator of The Great Gatsby.
Nick Caraway
Refers to a universal statement about life and/or society that can be discerned from the reading of a text.
Theme
Language that appeals to the senses and allows the reader to experience what the author is describing.
Imagery
An author may reveal a character through the character’s thoughts, words, appearance, and actions or through what other characters say or think.
Character Development
Makes a comparison without a linking word.
Metaphor
The literary movement that the novel is a part of. It is named after another novel also by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Jazz Age
Includes specific details from the text that support the author’s tone, purpose, characterizations, or central theme.
Textual Evidence
The repetition of terminal sounds in two or more words.
Rhyme
When and where a narrative such as a story, drama, or poem takes place and establishes the context for the literary work.
Setting
Gives human characteristics to nonhuman things.
Personification
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color very purposefully in the story. What color symbolizes old money in the story?
Gold
Passages that are fiction, dramas, or poems.
Literary Texts
Refers to the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
Rhyme Scheme
Characters who often present conflicting or shifting thoughts, actions, and motivations.
Complex Characters
An exaggeration beyond belief.
Hyperbole
Nick works in the bond business, but his original goal was to do this.
Be a writer.
An overview of the text that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions.
Objective Summary
Word choices authors use to incorporate specific sounds and the imagery they suggest into a text.
Onomatopoeia
Literature commonly follows a specific unifying pattern referred to as _______?
Plot
A short statement that gives advice. Ben Franklin is famous for writing these.
Aphorism
One of the themes of The Great Gatsby.
Greed corrupts everyone.
The American Dream is a myth.
A form of speech intended to convey the opposite of the actual meaning of the words.
Irony
To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text.
Inferences
How the characters see or feel about an event.
Point of View
A statement that initially appears absurd or contradictory but proves true or makes sense when investigated further.
Paradox