Characterization
Is Gatsby a static or dynamic character?
static
What is a brief reference to a person, event, place, historical/cultural event in a literary work
allusion
What type of fig lang?:
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering and the champagne and the stars.“
simile
The ____ of The Great Gatsby is whimsical and hopeful but also somber and pessimistic.
mood
showy; attracting attention
ostentatious
Gatsby is a flat or round character?
round
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
allegory
Janice cried so many tears that her family had to kayack out of their house.
hyperbole
"I heard a car stop and then the sound of someone splashing after us over the soggy ground."
alliteration
make worse; aggravate
exacerbate
Direct or Indirect?
"His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed. There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked - and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts."
direct
The writer’s attitude towards or feelings about the subject
tone
“The Great Gatsby's ending is awfully good but rather bittersweet."
oxymoron
The symbol of the green light in Gatsby is a(n)...
motif
difficult
arduous
Direct or indirect?
“Her voice is full of money,”
indirect
Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice and meaning to the text (e.g., dialogue, alliteration).
literary device
“At the gray tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low, sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there"
personification
"She's purty," said Lennie defensively.
Dialect
more than is needed
superfluous
a character that is universally understood or recognized across culture is called a(n)...
archetype
The overall structure or shape of a work that frequently follows an established design. May refer to a literary type (narrative, short story) or to patterns of meter, lines, and rhymes (stanza, verse).
form
“Her voice is full of money.“
metaphor
I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, and they stood on my shelf.. promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan and Aristotle knew
Allusion
make better; improve
ameliorate