Temporality and Setting
This is the definition of temporality.
What is the human relationship between setting, time, and season?
These are the broader tools associated with the term 'satire'.
What is irony, hyperbole, and parody?
The following quote is spoken by this character in Chapter 7, "I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year. It seems that pretty soon the earth's going to fall into the sun- or wait a minute- it's just the opposite-the sun's getting colder every year" (Fitzgerald 118).
Who is Tom Buchannan?
This is the main reason Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties.
What is finding Daisy?
These are the three responses you could possibly give to the Devil's Advocate argument.
What is "Yes; No; Okay, but"
This is the time period the Great Gatsby takes place in.
DOUBLE POINTS IF YOU NAME THE EXACT YEAR.
What is the 1920s?
X2: 1922.
An example of this type of irony begins when Nick Carraway claims, after the summer he has had, he "wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever" (Fitzgerald 2).
What is Dramatic Irony?
The following quote, spoken by Meyer Wolfsheim, was directed at this character. "I said to myself: ‘There’s the kind of man you’d take home and introduce to your mother and sister.’’ He paused. I see you’re looking at my cuff buttons....Finest specimens of human molars,”’He informed me” (Fitzgerald 72).
Who is Nick Carraway?
This is an assumption made about Nick after this following quote: "I decided to call to him...But I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone" (Fitzgerald 20).
These are the five steps to using a Flip-Flop Chart.
1) Craft your opinion 2) Write it in two phrases 3) Enter them on the left side of the chart 4) Craft the opposite of each phrase 5) Write the argument in a sentence.
This is the setting that symbolizes moral and social decay of a society only interested in money and capital
What is The Valley of Ashes?
These are the two terms commonly confused for each other. Often, one of these terms is confused with the term 'satire' itself.
What is "sarcasm" and "verbal irony"?
This character is quoted saying this line: "Self-Control! I supose that latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife"
DOUBLE POINTS: What is the specific type of satire represented here?
Who is Tom Buchannan?
x2: Verbal Irony
This is the reason Jay Gatsby refuses to drink alcohol.
What is because of its effects on Dan Cody?
This is how you check the structual integrity of a Flip-Flop chart.
What is check to see all phrases are textually supported and they answer the question.
The temporal device that escalated the fight between Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchannan
DOUBLE POINTS: Describe this device. What is it?
DOUBLE: When the author uses weather and seasons to foreshadow what will happen in the story.
DOUBLE POINTS: Find and state the quote
What is hyperbole?
In an attempt at variety, Fitzgerald briefly changes narration from one character to this character. This character tells the story of Gatsby and Daisy's past.
Who is Jordan Baker
What is, she was upset at herself for declining Gatsby all those years ago for money purposes, and now he owned many exotic shirts?
This is a Devil's Advcoate Argument for the following opinion:
"Jay Gatsby is a man who is well-intentioned and morally just."
What is "Jay Gatsby is a man who is eratic and money hungry"? (or similar)
The thesis must state an opinion that can be backed up through textual evidence.
A quote that supports the following claim: "Jordan Baker is, often, a very sarcastic character. Baker makes fun of Tom Buchanan in one scene when discussing Jay Gatsby."
What is "
"I've made a small investigation of this fellow," [Tom] continued. "I could have gone deeper if I'd known--"
"Do you mean you've been to a medium?" inquired Jordan humorously.
"What?" Confused, [Tom] stared at us as we laughed. "A medium?" (Fitzgerald 122).
This quote proves that, had a fatal accident not occured, George Wilson's life could have been much different, and therefore, his American Dream.
What is "She's going to stay up there till the day after tomorrow, and then we're going to move away"
A thesis statement that significantly answers the prompt: "Are the expressed or professed convictions of Nick Carraway consistent with actual committments and observable actions?"
Answer should be full and state an opinion that can be textually supported.
A thesis statement that significantly answers the prompt: "What parts of Fitzgerald's defintion of the American Dream are simlar to/different than Kate Chopin's definition?"