The Great Gatsby
The person in which Gatsby throw his lavish parties for? (first and last name)
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
Object symbolizes Janie’s independence and self-expression?
What is (her) hair?
Amendment established Prohibition in the U.S.?
What is the 18th Amendment (to the the US Constitution)?
This paper asks students to analyze an unseen text such as a passage, poem, or image.
What is Paper 1?
Janie recounts her life story to to this person, framing it as self-empowerment.
Who is Pheoby?
The first and last name of the narrator.
Who is Nick Carraway?
The color most often associated with Gatsby’s dream and wealth?
What is Green?
An American ideal critiqued in both novels.
What is the American Dream?
In Paper 1, students are assessed on four criteria. Name one of them.
What is A: Understanding, B: Analysis, C: Organization, or D: Language?
Either name of where Janie and Tea Cake move to after Eatonville.
What is the Everglades or the muck?
This part of Long Island represents “new money” and Gatsby’s flashy ambition.
What is West Egg?
A name for symbols that are found across multiple texts.
What is a universal symbol?
An illegal bar selling alcohol during Prohibition.
What is a speakeasy?
It can embody themes, influence behavior, or serve as the backdrop to symbolize emotions and social structures. A convention of fictional prose.
What is setting?
The burning of this item is a pivotal moment for Janie's self-liberation, symbolizing the shedding of the repression and control she endured under Jody.
What is her head rag (or hair covering)?
This character’s spectacles stare over the Valley of Ashes, symbolizing moral blindness.
Who is Doctor T.J. Eckleburg?
Symbol in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" that symbolizes Janie's first steps of love and physical attraction.
What is a pear tree and/ or bees pollinating the pear tree?
Major economic event ended the "Roaring 20s"
What was the stock market crash of 1929?
Storytelling device that is a story within a story, often to shape perspective or context.
What is frame narrative?
Literary device used by Hurston that gives authenticity to Black Southern voices and celebrates oral tradition.
What is diction?
Gatsby's real name.
Who is James Gatz?
The hollowness of material success and constructed identity is found in what symbol of The Great Gatsby?
A cultural movement celebrating African American art, literature, and music
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A recurring image, word, or symbol that develops a theme
What is motif?
Mrs. Turner’s husband owns this type of business in the muck.
What is a restaurant (or lunch counter)?