Gatsby struggles to prove to Daisy he is worthy of her love, but he is also struggling with himself because he doesn't want to be poor and looked down on.
What is conflict?
100
Tom Buchanan's physical appearance is described as cruel in chapter 1. This could be the author's way of giving us a hint of the behavior we can expect from Tom.
What is foreshadowing?
100
We (the reader) know that Tom and Myrtle are having an affair, but her husband, George, doesn't know.
What is dramatic irony?
100
When we see the flag, an eagle, or apple pie we are reminded of America.
What is a symbol?
200
Jay Gatsby is the main character in "The Great Gatsby"
What is the protagonist?
200
As we read of the adventures of the character in Gatsby, we will see the tensions between characters increase until the final explosion.
What is the rising action?
200
At Gatsby's party Jordan said, "And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy."
What is irony?
200
The water is as clear as mud.
What is verbal irony?
200
Political cartoons are funny because they take something serious and put a humorous twist on it.
What is satire?
300
George Wilson, as a character, will not change much durning the story. He will be sad later in the story, but basically unchanged.
What is a static character?
300
I don't want to give it away, but the turning point in Gatsby is when someone is shot and killed.
What is the climax?
300
Daisy is delicate and pretty. Although she isn't really a flower, it is easy to see why Fitzgerald named her character Daisy.
What is a metaphor?
300
A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
What is situational irony?
300
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
What is hyperbole?
400
Nick tells the story of his summer in West Egg with his cousin Daisy and his neighbor Jay Gatsby.
What is the narrator?
400
Myrtle is in a struggle between herself and society because she wants to be rich, but the only way that will happen is if she can convince Tom to leave Daisy.
What is conflict?
400
Buzz! Zap! Pow! Bang!
What is onomatopoeia?
400
t’s such a thrill to find out that I’ll be spending the summer with a cast on my leg.
What is verbal irony?
400
Blind as a bat.
Busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
500
Tom Buchanan is a frustration for Jay Gatsby. He refuses to let go of Daisy so she can be with Gatsby. How frustrating!
What is the antagonist?
500
We don't know how "The Great Gatsby" will end, but eventually we will see the conflict and problems solved at the end of the story...sort of.
What is the resolution?
500
A chip on your shoulder.
Sick as a dog.
Jump the gun.
What is an idiom?
500
A professional pickpocket had his own pocket picked just as he was in the act of picking someone else's pocket.
What is situational irony?
500
"Withdrawal of U.S. troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public; the more U.S. troops come home, the more will be demanded." - Henry Kissinger in a Memo to President Richard Nixon