Literary Terms & Concepts
The central message, lesson or insight about life presented in a text
What is the theme?
Gatsby's belief that he can create wealth and recreate the past to win Daisy is an example of what major theme in the novel
What is the American Dream?
O'Brien continues to relive and feel this intense emotion over killing the soldier
What is guilt?
This character can be described as manipulative, selfish and deceptive
Who is Mr. Shiftlet?
The two cultures that blend in this short story
What are native rituals and Catholicism?
When an object, person, place or event represents a larger idea
What is symbolism?
This character is hopeful, obsessive and mysterious
Who is Jay Gatsby?
The author uses this moment to signal the story into the flashback
What is a conversation with his daughter?
What is the symbolism of the snake?
What is deciet and dishonesty?
The symbolism of the rain
What is life, blessings or renewal?
A contrast between expectation and reality
What is irony?
This character can be described as ambitious and materialistic.
Who is Myrtle?
The reason that O'Brien humanizes the soldier
What is to emphasize guilt and moral complexity?
An isolated setting, dark imagery and moral corruption are all features of this style of literature
What is Southern Gothic?
The main idea of the story
What is different belief systems can coexist?
The feeling or atmosphere created for the reader
What is the mood?
The rain is symbolic of this
What is tension, awkwardness, or Gatbsy's emotions?
Kiowa was doing this when O'Brien tossed the grenade
What is sleeping?
Her inability to speak or act corruptly causes her to be described as an "angel of Gawd
Who is Lucynell?
An elderly Pueblo Indian, the grandfather of the main character, Leon, and the "man to send rain clouds"
Who is Teofilo?
A direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
Opposite of Tom, this character is observant, moral and becomes disillusioned
Who is Nick Carraway?
The war that the author fought in
What is Vietnam?
"Fifteen, sixteen" was the lie given for the age of this nearly 30 year old character?
Who is Lucynell?
Leon finds his grandfather under this kind of tree
What is a cottonwood tree?