Literary Terms in The Great Gatsby
In The Great Gatsby, the fact that the reader and all other characters are aware of Daisy and Gatsby's affair except Tom Buchanan is an example of this literary device.
Dramatic irony
Fitzgerald uses this form of narration or point of view to tell this story.
First-person (as told the way Nick experienced it)
Upon receiving an invitation to Gatsby's funeral, this person tells Nick, "Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead."
Meyer Wolfshiem
This setting BEST represents the moral decay of the 1920s.
The Valley of Ashes
This novel was Fitzgerald's first successful book.
What is This Side of Paradise?
When, to the reader, Nick says, "I was within [the apartment] and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life," Fitzgerald employs this literary device.
paradox
In The Great Gatsby, "eyes" an example of one of the book's a) themes, b) symbols, c) motifs or d) allegories.
c)
Tom gave Daisy this gift, valued at $350,000, the day before their wedding.
A string of pearls.
This setting BEST represents new money.
West Egg
Where Zelda spent the last years of her life
What is a sanitorium/an asylum?
After the scene at the hotel in NY, Nick and the others drive toward East Egg. Nick's comment, "So we drove on toward death through the [...] twilight" is an example of this literary device.
Foreshadowing
A story's setting is comprised of its time, place and circumstances. The Great Gatsby is set in 1922 primarily on Long Island, NY. These are the circumstances leading up to Nick sharing this story.
WW1 ended four years earlier and prohibition was in effect.
Daisy tells Tom that Gatsby does this to make his money.
She claims he owns several drug stores.
Nick uses the following description: "[...] a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat [...]" to describe this setting.
The Valley of Ashes
These women broke off engagements with Fitzgerald.
Who are Ginevra King and Zelda Sayre?
While talking to Nick, Daisy remarks, "I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a rose. An absolute rose! Doesn't he?" Fitzgerald employs this literary device.
Metaphor
The tone of the book at the end of the novel can best be described as a) cynical, b) angry, c) hopeful or d) peaceful.
a) cynical
Other than Nick, this person is the only one from Gatsby's many parties in attendance at Gatsby's funeral.
Owl Eyes
Tom and Daisy Buchanan live in this setting.
East Egg
Fitzgerald said he wrote best under this condition.
What is drunk?
When Fitzgerald writes, "In [Gatsby's] blue gardens men and women came and went like moths [...]," he employs this literary device.
Simile
This major event occurs in the story's falling action.
Myrtle is hit and killed as a direct result of the climactic argument between Daisy, Tom and Myrtle.
(Also will accept Gatsby's death)
This term BEST describes Daisy: a) a silver beauty b) a smart cookie c) a golden girl d) a shallow stream
c)
Nick describes this area as the "less fashionable" of these two? a) East Egg b) West Egg
b)
Fitzgerald coined this term that references/describes the 1920s in America.
What is the Jazz Age?