The idea that if someone works hard, their work will be rewarded with wealth and a comfortable life; called into question by The Great Gatsby, Women of Brewster Place, and "A Dream Deferred (Harlem)"
What is the American Dream?
100
Repetition of similar/same sounds in two or more words, usually in the final syllables of those words
What is rhyme?
100
The narrator of the whole novel
Who is Nick Carraway?
200
Granddaughter of Miss Eva; grew up with Basil; grieves for her baby when she is older
Who is Lucielia Louise Turner (Ciel)?
200
Nick, Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby all move from here to the East Coast
What is the Midwest?
200
"the colored daughters of Brewster Place" refers to this theme
What is race and/or gender?
200
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
The woman Gatsby loves; married to Tom
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
300
The women known as the Two; the lesbian couple
Who are Lorraine and Theresa?
300
Kiswana convinces Cora Lee to take her children to see this in the park
What is a play (or Shakespeare)?
300
A word that describes the division of Brewster Place, much like Chicago in A Raisin in the Sun
What is segregation?
300
A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT a word of comparison; a DIRECT comparison
What is metaphor?
300
Author of The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
400
The author of The Women of Brewster Place
Who is Gloria Naylor?
400
Jay Gatsby's real name
What is James Gatz?
400
Examples include colors, automobiles, the green light, the Valley of Ashes
What are symbols/what is symbolism?
400
Words like "pow!" "bang!" "pop!"
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Gatsby's suspected illegal profession
What is bootlegging?
500
The man whose gang terrorizes Brewster Place
Who is C. C. Baker?
500
The man who shot Gatsby and then himself
Who is George Wilson?
500
A time period in The Great Gatsby marked by recklessness, lack of moral values, and partying
What are the 1920s/Roaring 20s?
500
The running over of a sentence or thought from one line of poetry to another
What is enjambment?
500
Symbolizes death and wealth; the color of Gatsby's car