Figurative Language
Using the words “like” or “as” to compare two things.
Simile
Definition for theme.
a idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature.
The expression/voice of the author's attitude.
Tone
Weathly lying husband
Tom Buchanan
Comparing two things; however, unlike similes, they do not include “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
A girl has to decide between two choices guilt or regret.
The lady or the tiger
Definition of setting.
The time and place of where the story is.
Lonely house who gets away with a crime.
Mary Maloney
Using an extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point.
Hyperbole
A man's dreams are unreachable for him.
The great gatsby.
What does CER stand for?
Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.
Who keeps looking back onto the past and is stuck there?
Jay Gatsby
Giving human characteristics to non-living objects or animals.
Personifcation
A woman uses her daily routine to cover her tracks.
Lamb to the slaughter.
What is conflict?
Any moment where the protagonist wants something, but someone or something is standing in their way.
A careless person who ruins things then retreats behind her money.
Daisy Buchanan
Using a phrase to state a message is different from its literal meaning.
Idiom
It is the first and shortest paragraph to set up your whole essay.
Introduction Paragraph
Definition of Plot?
The sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.
Is a main/side charater who also tells the story.
Nick Carraway