TGG I
Persuasion I
TGG II
Persuasion II
Mystery Category
100
This symbol is an advertisement of "a long vanished eye doctor" on a billboard in the Valley of Ashes.
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
100
Name & define the 3 rhetorical/persuasive appeals.
1) Ethos = Credibility of the Speaker
2) Pathos = Emotion of the Audience
3) Logos = Logic of the Message
100
This character plays golf and casually dated Nick while he was living in West Egg.
Jordan Baker
100
A person may be more inclined to believe their doctor on issues related to their health rather than their friends. The doctor is using ethos, pathos, or logos to get this person to trust them?
Ethos! (Appealing to their credibility)
100
The team had lost 3 of the last 4 games. All the coach could say was, “( a. It's / b. Its ) been a long season.”
a. It's (As in, "It has been a long season.")
200
This character is Myrtle Wilson's sister.
Catherine Wilson
200
A dental commercial says that 99% of dentists recommend their product. This would be an example of Ethos, Pathos, or Logos? Why?
Ethos! (The dentists have credibility regarding what they're talking about.)
200
Fill in the blanks: East Egg represents 1) ____ money and West Egg represents 2) _____money.
1) Old
2) New
200
Pathos! (This ad is trying to elicit or create an emotional response.)
200
1) In Ch. 7, whose car was described as the "death car" and 2) who actually ran over and killed Myrtle?
1) It was Gatsby's yellow car
2) Daisy ran over and killed Myrtle
300
Identify the speaker of the following quote: "The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time..." (Ch. 4)
Jordan Baker
300
What Logical Fallacy is being used in the example below and how do you know?
Mom: "Honey, it's time to do your homework." Child: "Did you know we had pizza for lunch today?"
Red Herring! (The child is trying to distract their mom from her original point.)
300
Identify which characters were driving in which cars (including the color of both cars) on the way to New York in Chapter 7.
1) Tom, Nick, & Jordan rode in Gatsby's yellow car
2) Daisy & Gatsby rode in Tom's blue coupé
300
Name the 8 most common Logical Fallacies that we learned about this semester.
1) Ad Hominem, 2) Straw Man, 3) Red Herring, 4) Slippery Slope, 5) Hasty Generalization, 6) False Analogy 7) Bandwagon Fallacy, 8) Black-or-White Fallacy
300
Name the three short stories we read earlier this year.
1) "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
2) "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
3) "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
400
At the end of the novel, Nick claims Gatsby believed in this major symbol...
The green light
400
"Sam got the bumper of his car hit by another driver. It turns out that the other driver is a woman. Sam was in a previous car accident with another woman, too, so therefore all women are bad drivers." Which Logical Fallacy is being used here?
Hasty Generalization! (Our speaker is generalizing based off of only a few experiences.)
400
Gatsby's father shows Nick this item when he arrives for Gatsby's funeral.
A schedule that his son, James Gatz, created as a child. (It was, in a way, a self-improvement book.)
400
“Investing in the stock market is like buying a lottery ticket or playing a slot machine at a casino. You’re just gambling your money on some random choice, hoping to hit it big. You’d be better off gambling away your money than investing.” This is an example of which specific logical fallacy?
False Analogy Fallacy!
400
This character looks after George Wilson after Myrtle's death.
Michaelis (the Greek immigrant who owns the coffeeshop next to Wilson's garage)
500
What event in the book is this passage from Chapter 6 referring to?
"...his mind would never romp again like the mind of God."
Gatsby and Daisy's first kiss
500
"A bicycle commercial shows thousands of bicyclists on the road riding their brand of bike. The commercial states that everyone is buying this bike." Which Logical Fallacy is being used here?
Bandwagon Appeal!
500
Why does Ewing Klipspringer call Nick in Ch. 9?
Klipspringer calls Nick in Ch. 9 because he wants to retrieve/get back a pair of shoes he left behind at Gatsby's mansion.
500
What Logical Fallacy is being used in the example above and how do you know?
Person A: "We should eat less beef. Raising cows requires huge amounts of water and land, and they emit a lot of carbon." Person B: "Oh, so you want to force everyone to be a vegetarian?"
Straw Man Fallacy! (Person B is misrepresenting what Person A is saying.)