Literary Elements
The section of a plot or story that leads toward the climax
What is the rising action?
This Gatsby character's proximity to Tom Buchanan fuels her imagined "other life" as she envisions herself as high-class
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses this to create a tense mood on the day of Daisy and Gatsby's reunion for tea at Nick's house
What is rain / stormy weather?
This item is a symbol of the family's hopes and dreams for the future
What is the check / insurance money?
A type of figurative language that attributes human characteristics to something nonhuman
What is personification?
Conversation between two or more people in a text
What is dialogue?
This ARITS character judges the people rushing and racing off to work
Who is Walter Lee Younger?
This character's sadness at the death of Myrtle revealed his true feelings for her
Who is Tom Buchanan?
The moment when Mama says that Walter has "finally come into his manhood"
What is the moment he decides to put his family first and decline Mr. Linder's offer?
This is an example of what type of figurative language: The quiet lights in the houses were humming out into the darkness and there was a stir and bustle among the stars
What is personification?
an instruction in the text of a play indicating movement, position, tone of the actor or sound effects and lighting
What are stage directions?
This ARITS character challenges family and cultural norms by denying the existence of God
Who is Beneatha?
Ladders and social climbing - these are examples of the ideals that Gatsby is chasing throughout the novel
What is the American Dream?
Walter's imitating slave and slave-master stereotypes reveal this about his decision to call Karl Linder and accept the money
What is ashamed? He is ashamed of his decision.
Gatsby's indifference about the grass on the morning of tea with Daisy shows that he feels this
What is nervous?
A form of a language which is specific to a region or social/cultural group
What is dialect?
The corruption and selfishness of others has changed this Gatsby character by the novel's end
Who is Nick Carraway?
She dressed in white and had a little white roadster - suggests that Daisy Buchanan was what
What is innocent?
The struggles of poverty are the motivating factor for Walter's decision to do this
What is call Mr. Linder / accept Mr. Linder's offer?
This term refers to a person who advocates or participates in racial or cultural integration (one who desires to become similar to someone(thing))
What is an assimilationist?
the method of presenting a play or dramatic performance
What is staging?
This ARITS character can be seen as scheming and arrogant in the first meeting with the Younger family
Who is Karl Linder?
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Which character said the following: “You saw him—down on his knees. Wasn’t it you who taught me—to despise any man who would do that?”
Who is Beneatha?
The way that Ruth and Walter's relationship is characterized
What is distant or lacking romance?