Vocab.
Define discredit
What is dishonor, disgrace
Define simile
What is a comparison using the words like or as.
Wrote "The Great Gatsby"
Who is F.Scott Fitzgerald
Wrote " If We Must Die"
Who is Claude McKay
Wrote "Thank You Ma'am"
Who is Langston Hughes
Define procrastinate
What is to delay unnecessarily
Define metaphor
What is a comparison that DOES NOT use the words like or as.
Is the first character introduced in the story
Who is Nick Carraway
Speaker characterize his/her opponent as _______
What is cowardly
The item that Roger wants to buy which led him to try to steal
What is Blue suede shoes
Define florid
What is a red or flushed complexion
Define onomatopoeia
What is words that mimic sounds
The reason why Gatsby threw parties
What is to hope that one day Daisy would come to him
The meaning of lines 7-8
What is that dying honorably forces even the enemy to pay their respects
The reason why Roger sits far away from her purse when Ms. Jones goes to make dinner
What is Mrs. Jones shows Roger that she trusts him, and he doesn’t want to disappoint her
Define inconsequential
What is of little importance
Define allusion
What is a reference to a person, place, or thing. Can be direct or indirect.
The meaning of the eyes from a billboard ad in the valley of ashes
What is represents the moral and spiritual decay of American society
The purpose of the alliteration in line 4
What is it repeats a letter sound to highlight the insults being made.
The reason why Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones wanted to help the boy
What is She was young once and had been in similar situations as Roger.
Define conformist
What is follower of established practices
Define idiom
What is an expression/phrase that has a different meaning than it’s literal meaning.
The major theme of "The Great Gatsby"
What is "The American Dream"
The major theme of "If We Must Die"
What is resistance against oppression at any cost
The major theme of "Thank You Ma'am"
What is teaching what is right and what is wrong are better delivered in an environment of kindness