Characters and
Relationships
Relationships
The narrator of "The Great Gatsby"?
Nick Carroway
What is purity, marriage, innocence, whiteness (racial), etc
Francis Scott K. Fitzgerald?
What is the full name of the author of "The Great Gatsby"?
A red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay
What is the visual imagery to describe The Buchanan's house in East Egg?
Define the suffix "-less" as seen in "hopeless."
What is
without (without hope)
Daisy to Tom Buchanan
What is his wife
What is the perception, truth, and wisdom in a society dominated by illusion of
Gaithersburg, MD
"all I could think of was how, when that certain girl played tennis, a faint mustache of perspiration appeared on her upper lip"
What is visual imagery to describe Jordan Baker
What are 3 uses of a comma?
What are:
Combining clauses with cunjunctions (i.e FANBOYS)
Separate Items in a list
create an appositive
The full name of Gatsby?
What is Jay Gatsby
What does Meyer Wolfshiem Symbolize? Find 1 quote to support your response (2 Mins)
Student Response Varies
Name one major theme explored in "The Great Gatsby".
Answers Vary:
Examples:The American Dream, Wealth and Social Class, Love and the Past
"Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York—every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves."
What is the visual imagery describing Gatsby's parties
Add the appropriate punctuation to the following sentence
The old house which had stood empty for decades finally collapsed the storm however had merely delivered the final blow.
The old house—which had stood empty for decades—finally collapsed; the storm, however, had merely delivered the final blow.
Describe the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy in one sentence.
Student Response
What Motif is revealed in the following quotes:
"I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
"In spite of the wives’ agreement that such malevolence was beyond credibility, the dispute ended in a short struggle, and both wives were lifted, kicking, into the night"
" We gave her spirits of ammonia and put ice on her forehead and hooked her back into her dress, and half an hour later, when we walked out of the room, the pearls were around her neck and the incident was over."
What is a motif of gendered oppression (Women trapped in a patriarchy)
1925
What is the Publication Date of "The Great Gatsby
The air was filled with the sweet aroma of ripening peaches", "The sickening scent of sour milk", and "The pungent aroma of gasoline"
What is olafactory imagery
Give an example of a word with the suffix "-tion" and its meaning.
Student Response Varies
How does Nick's description of Gatsby change from in Chapter 1 to chapter 4?
Student Response Varies
Ex Nick initially perceives Gatsby as mysterious and hopeful but lonely, yet By Chapter 4, his perception changes to skepticism:recognizing that Gatsby is untruthful and involved with dangerous people like Meyer Wolfshiem
3 Mins- Identify one motif in chapters 1-4
select 3 quotes from the text to support your response
Student Responses Vary
How did F. Scott Fitzgerald's personal life influence or replicate the themes presented in "The Great Gatsby"?
Answers Vary
example: Fitzgerald/Nick involvement in the military, excessive partying/consumerism
"He found the house, a weatherbeaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month..."
What is tactile imagery to describe Nick's House (Chapter 1)
An Appositive
What is additional information about a sentence's subject?