Gatsby
Animal Farm
MLA Format
Rhetorical Devices
Vocab
100

This character throws extravagant parties at his mansion

Jay Gatsby

100

Pig who uses military force to maintain power

Napoleon

100

This type of knowledge does NOT need to be cited in a paper.

Common knowledge.
100

practice, practice, practice.

Repetition

100

Having limits

Finite

200

This character rigged the 1919 World Series and his a business partner of Gatsby

Meyer Wolfsheim

200

Prize-winning board who inspires the rebellion

Old Major

200

This type of citation should follow information that you quote or paraphrase.

parenthetical citation

200

How can someone be so cruel?

Rhetorical question

200

This word means "word-for-word"

Verbatim

300

This character kills Gatsby

George Wilson

300

In Russian History, who does Napoleon represent?

Joseph Stalin

300

This punctuation should go around a title in a parenthetical citation

quotation marks

300

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse

Exaggeration

300

To give or pass on as an inheritance.

Bequeath

400

This character wants his shoes sent to him and doesn't attend Gatsby's funeral

Klipspringer

400

The tame raven who spreads stories of Sugar Candy Mountain.

Moses

400

What title does your bibliography need in MLA format?

Works Cited
400

Blood, sweat, and tears

Rule of three

400

This word means cool and confident, unconcerned

Nonchalant

500

This character is a photographer and a friend of Tom and Myrtle's.

Mr. McKee

500

In Russian History, what does Squealer represent

Russian Propaganda

500

When do you use a title in a parenthetical citation?

When there is no author given

500

Don't just get angry, get even.

Emotive language

500
This word is synonymous with double-dealing, or to describe someone who is two-faced.

Duplicitous

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