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The Great Gatsby
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This literary movement was around the time period 1910-1940- and it's motto was- "Make it New"
What is MODERNISM
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The Author of the Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Read the Following Tongue Twister as fast as you can..... "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers, a Peck of Pickled Peppers Peter Piper Picked....if Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked!?" What literary device is this an example of?
Alliteration!
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What was the name of the DROUGHT that swept over the great plains of America...
The DUST BOWL
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"Helen of Troy" (referring to Greek mythology) is an example of what type of literary device?
Allusion
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THE STYLE OF POETRY THAT EMPHASIZES THE IMAGES AND let's the Image be interpreted by the reader...
What is IMAGISM!
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The most arrogant and supercilious character in the novel.
Who is Tom Buchanan :)
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"The sea's white fingers curled around the children's feet as they played at the beach." What is this literary device? Why?
PERSONIFICATION
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When America made the distribution of alcohol illegal in the 1920's- it was called...
Prohibition
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The Setting of the Great Gatsby is...Where?
Long Island, NY! 1920's! :) yay!
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This Style of Poetry allows the Object to speak for itself. The poet doesn't tell the reader how to interpret the object...
What is OBJECTIVISM!!!!
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The symbol for the IDEAL PICTURE of DAISY and the Dissipation of the American Dream... :)
What is the GREEN LIGHT! :)
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The Poet Langston Hughes was a part of what literary movement??
The HARLEM RENAISSANCE!!
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What was the key event that triggered the end of the ROARING 20's and the downfall of the American Economy in the 1930s? **And what was that called**?
The stock market crash in 1929, ---it was called- the GREAT DEPRESSION.
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Read the following lines in a British accent... He never sleeps, he never slumbers These two lines are an example of what type of literary device?
Parallelism! :) Cheers, mate!
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The Dates for Modernism
What is 1910-1940
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Fitzgerald's ultimate goal for writing the Great Gatsby is to show....
The Failure of the American Dream...
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A specific literary device where words convey SOUNDS.. "The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named" ....
Onomatopoeia!!
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The flowering of African American poetry, art, and music is referred to as...
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE!!!!
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The following lines are an example of what 2 literary devices? Then create your own! GO! Life is like a box of chocolates! Life is a highway.
1) simile 2) metaphor
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The style of writing that incorporates the authors inner thoughts and feelings in a unique style similar to journaling or blogging.
What is STREAM of CONSCIOUSNESS??
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Fitzgerald was a part of a group of writers who were disillusioned about the American Dream...What was that group called?
The Lost Generation!!!
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FROM THE WORDS BELOW- which one has the strongest NEGATIVE CONNOTATION? a) Thin c) Scrawny b) Slender d) Skinny
Scrawny
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What right did the women gain during this time period?
The Right to VOTE! :) yay!
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These song lyrics are from WHAT SONG? And what 3 examples of literary devices are used? "Sunshine she's here, you can take a break I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space With the air, like I don't care ..... .... if you feel like a room without a roof"
"HAPPY" by Pharrel Williams! 1) personification *sunshine-she's here 2) Metaphor- I am a hot air balloon 3) Simile- Like a room without a roof...