Rhetorical Terms
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occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.
What is Alliteration
100
These two colors are predominant symbols in The Great Gatsby
What are green and yellow
100
When the political parties could not agree on a spending plan for the new fiscal year, and many were out of work till they could.
What was the government shut down?
100
to act upon (v.)
What is affect?
100
Fist African American to play in Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robison
200
a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings
What is oxymoron
200
Who exposes Gatsby as a fraud and a liar?
Who is Tom Buchanan.
200
A case in which a teenage boy was arrested for killing two people drunk driving, but was then not given jail time because this "disease"
What is Affluenza
200
A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
What is a grindstone?
200
The number of bones in the human body.
What is 206 bones
300
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
What is Paradox
300
What is the primary purpose or motive behind all of Gatsby's parties?
What is to lure Daisy back to him.
300
Popular cookie that is more addictive the cocaine
What is an Oreo?
300
Part of the body that can be licked and with out the person knowing it
What is the elbow
400
The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs. Especially for poetic effect.
What is Anaphora
400
The green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolizes what?
What are Gatsby's desires: Daisy, and/or the American Dream.
400
A popular magnetic toy which was recalled due to being to much of a choking hazard
What are Buckyballs
400
Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirt (agj.)
What is gallant
400
Albert Einstein never wore this article of clothing.
What are socks
500
A figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts of sentence, usually in a way where it applies to each part differently.
What is Zeugma
500
These two islands on which the characters live are named after a product that comes from chickens.
What are East Egg and West Egg?
500
A Dallas auction went up to $350,000 for the illegal killing of this endangered african animal.
What is a Black Rhino?
500
To bully or intimidate (v.)
What is to buffalo
500
The car Mrs. Latourrette drives
What is a Honda Civic
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