Literary Devices
Something that stands for or suggests something else.
The author of Thanatopsis
William Cullen Bryant
The number of friends in Friends
6
Nick Carraway
How do you spell my last name?
Davisson
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.
Personification
What the F in F. Scott Fitzgerald stands for.
Francis
The first Vice President of the United States
John Adams
Which Egg do Gatsby and Nick live in?
West Egg
What is my favorite baseball team?
Boston Red Sox
A comparison of two things, usually using the words 'like' or 'as.'
Simile
The author of A Worn Path
Eudora Welty
The largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter
Where did Gatsby's money come from?
Bootlegging
Where am I from?
Silverton
A pause near the middle of a line, usually the end of one sentence and beginning of another
Cesura
The author of The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gillman
Asia, Africa, Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Oceana
A dog leash
Where did I graduate from? (college)
Oregon State University
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Enjambment
Within 5 years, what year was F. Scott Fitzgerald born?
1896
Name the seven dwarfs
Happy, Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, Doc
What is Gatsby's real name?
James "Jimmy" Gatz
What is my favorite novel?
Pride and Prejudice