Story Structure
Literary Devices
... and their examples
The Great Gatsby
Literary Criticism
100

The time and place in which a story occurs

What is the setting?

100
A self-contradictory statement

What is a paradox?

100

Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges.

What is a imagery?

100

This character suggests an art be commissioned of George Wilson

Who is Tom Buchanan? 

100

This one involves you

What is Readed Response?

200

An author's attitude towards a subject expressed through their writing

What is tone?

200

This thing is that

What is a metaphor?

200

like dolls in mourning

What is a simile?

200

This character's home is modeled after a building in Paris

Who is Jay Gatsby?

200

This criticism focuses on the events surrounding the creation of a text

What is historicism?

300

A narrative technique in whcih the plot goes back to an earlier time

What is a flashback?

300

Some of the best known of these were created by Plato

What is an allegory?

300

“The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there’s a persistent wail all night along the north shore.”

 

What is hyperbole?

300

He is a downstairs neighbor

Who is Mr. McKee?

300

This criticism requires only the text

What is new criticism?

400

The buildup of suspense and conflict

What is tension?

400

Bzzz, zap, pow, and pop!

What is an onomatopoeia?

400

benna

What is an allusion?

400

This character likely cheated

Who is Jordan Baker?

400

This one is focused on gender roles, societal expectations, and power dynamics

What is feminist criticism? 

500

Nick is one of these, Yolanda was not

What is an unreliable narrator?

500

What type of irony occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens?

What is situational irony?

500

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of joy that kills.

What is situational irony?

500

Before his accident, Owl Eyes did this to sober up

What is go to the library?

500

This criticism focuses on class struggle and has only been hinted at in class so far

What is Marxist Criticism?