Vocabulary

The Great Gatsby
Sentences

Poetic / Literary Terms
Wild Card

100
Characteristic language
What is idiomatic
100
Golf player, involved with the narrator
Who is Jordan Baker
100
For example, hockey and skating.
What is a fragment sentence
100
The main idea of a novel
What is theme
100
This is what "Owl Eyes" finds so interesting about Gatsby's library
What is real books
200
One who is persecuted or killed
What is martyr
200
The first "nice" girl that Gatsby has ever know.
Who is Daisy
200
The beautiful girls danced until dawn.
What is a correct sentence
200
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
200
They lived in the Valley of Ashes
Who are George and Myrtle Wilson
300
A serious crime
What is felony
300
The man who shot Gatsby
Who is George Wilson
300
Children need direction, they need discipline.
What is a run-on sentence
300
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing
300
Ben Franklin purchased this when he arrived in Philadelphia
What is bread
400
Smuggled goods
What is contraband
400
The place that Tom and Daisy live
What is East Egg
400
My family reunion is in three months I wonder if everything will be there.
What is a run-on sentence
400
A word that imitates the sound it represents
What is onomatopoeia
400
Circumstances in which the reader or audience sees character's mistake or misunderstanding, but the character does not
What is dramatic irony
500
To rotate back and forth
What is oscillate
500
Said, "He'd have killed me if I hadn't told him who owned the car."
Who is Tom Buchannan
500
My sister enjoys reading books, baking cakes, and playing volleyball.
What is a correct sentence
500
The use of extreme exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole
500
The character in a novel who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character in some way
What is an antagonist
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