Tone
Describe the tone in the following quote from chapter 1: "And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes, but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on."
Harsh, Angry, Brash, Blunt, Aggressive, etc.
What is an example of imagery on page 5?
...from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound.
They are not perfect ovals-like the egg in the Columbus story, they are both crushed flat at the contact end- but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly overhead.
What does East Egg represent? What does West Egg represent?
East Egg-old money; West Egg- new money
Identify whether the following quote is denotation or connotation, explain the meaning:
"I believe when I went to Gatsby’s house on the first night, I was one of a few guests who had actually been invited. "
Denotation – people just show up to his parties
Identify whether the phrase is ethos or logos or pathos and who said the quote:
"We heard it from three people so it must be true."
Logos - Daisy
Describe Daisy's tone on page 17.
sad, uncertain, harsh, insincere
Identify on page 7 the imagery we get of Tom. What words/phrases help to "paint a picture"? (6-7 words/phrases)
Sturdy, straw-haired, hard mouth, supercilious manner. Two shinning arrogant eyes, appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. ...riding clothes couldn't hide the enormous power of that body....
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Identify whether the following word is denotation or connotation, explain the meaning:
A great, big, hulking physical specimen
Denotation – Large
Identify whether the phrase is ethos or logos or pathos and who said the quote:
"No-Gatsby turned out all right in the end.”
Ethos – Nick
Describe Myrtle's tone when describing her husband? (page 34)
Disgusted, unhappy, exhausted, disdain
What area is being described by the following quote?
"... a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke..."
Valley of Ashes
This is a representation of money, longing/desire, and envy.
What is the green light?
Identify whether the following quote is denotation or connotation, explain the meaning:
"It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. "
Connotation - Enchanting
Identify whether the phrase is ethos or logos or pathos and who said the quote:
"I just got back from Monte Carlo. God, how I hated that town! "
Ethos - Catherine
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Describe in detail what the Buchanan's house looks like? Use evidence from the text.
"Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay. The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens-finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as through from the momentum of its run..."
What does Gatsby symbolize?
Mystery, new money, friendliness
Identify whether the following phrase is denotation or connotation, explain the meaning:
"This is the valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat."
Connotation - vast
Identify whether the phrase is ethos or logos or pathos and who said the quote:
"I hope she will be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world. "
Logos - Daisy
Describe Jordan's tone:
"'I don't know," she insisted, "I just don't think he went there.'"
uncertain but certain, questionable, assertive
How is the party at Gatsby's that Nick attends described throughout the night (chapter 3)?
Full of life, excitement, lots of people, to great music performed by the band, to a sad girl singing, to arguments between husbands and wives, to a confusing car crash.
What do the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg symbolize?
The "observer", someone is always watching, possibly God
Identify whether the following phrase is denotation or connotation, explain the meaning:
"It was a body capable of enormous leverage."
Connotation- Cruelty
Identify whether the phrase is ethos or logos or pathos and who said the quote:
"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life. "
Pathos – Nick