Parts of Speech
Meter
Literary Terms
Gatsby
100

She was hungry.

What POS is was?

Verb, State of being

100

Identify the stress in the following word

Pre-sump-tu-ous

100

What is the definition of both tone and mood?

Tone- The authors ATTITUDE or how he/she feels about his/her subject matter

Mood- The atmosphere of the selection. The emotional response the author wishes to evoke in you.

100

Identify two symbols in the book and what they represent.

Green Light, (Distance, Desire, and American Dream)

Valley of Ashes- Moral and Social Decay

Eyes of TJ Eckleburg- Eyes of God watching in judgement

200

Identify the POS for each word in the sentence

Hah! I hope Sarah returns my call.

200

Identify the Stress in the following word

Par-tic-i-pate

200

What is mood?

Explain the f

200

What is Nick's tone by the end of the Great Gatsby?

Jaded, Disillusioned, Disgusted

300
  1. The coffee smelled incredible delicious in the morning.


    1. Which Word is used incorrectly?________________

    2. What part(s) of speech is the word that is used incorrectly normally ____________________

    3. What part of speech is the sentence trying to use it as?_______________

    4. Fix the sentence.

incredible

adjective

Adverb

incredibly

300

Which of the following is in Iambic Pentameter

  • Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

  • When here the Spring we see

  • The golden sun sets slowly in the west.

  • For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

The golden sun sets slowly in the west.

300

What is my definition of a symbol and give an example

something tangible that represents something intangible. heart represents love etc.

300

Identify the speaker. 

“And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”

Jordan

400

We (_______) carefully (_______) packed (_______) our (_______) bags (_______) before (_______) leaving (_______) for (_______) the (_______) trip (_______).

We (Pro) carefully (adv) packed (ver) our (possesive adj) bags (noun) for (prep) the (art) trip (det).

400

Which of the following is not in iambic pentameter. 


In such an honour named. What’s more to do,

Looking as if she were alive. I call

Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, ’twas not

And still more, later flowers for the bees

Looking as if she were alive. I call

400

What is the definition of theme and what are two characteristics of themes?

The main idea or message of a text. 

Impersonal and Univseral

400

Identify the Speaker

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

Nick

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