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..."that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Who is Daisy?
100
He had an extraordinary gift for hope.
Who is GATSBY?
100
His house was nestled between two mansions, overlooking the bay
Who is Nick Carroway?
100
The green light at the end of Daisy's dock is an example of _____. At this point the reader does not know what it represents
What is Symbolism?
100
The Great Gatsby is told using this point of view
What is First Person?
200
"Well, these books are scientific..."
Who is Tom?
200
A very flighty, superficial socialite
Who is DAISY?
200
The less fashionable area of Long Island where the newly rich have set up house
What is West Egg?
200
Daisy has away of "exaggerating for effect". This literary technique is called
What is Hyperbole?
200
When Nick refers to the new books on banking that he has purchased he says that, "they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint..." This is an example of this literary device
What is a Simile?
300
"In fact, I think we'll arrange a marriage."
Who is Daisy?
300
Daisy's cousin from the Chicago area
Who is NICK CARROWAY?
300
The story takes place during this decade, also known as the R------ T-------.
What is the 20s, also known as The Roaring Twenties?
300
When Fitzgerald mentions Midas and Morgan he is using this literary technique
What is Allusion?
300
The relationship between geography and social values is an important ____ in The Great Gatsby. This literary device means, "a dominant idea or central theme"
What is Motif?
400
"She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time."
Who is Jordan Baker?
400
Daisy does this so people need to lean into her, thus focusing their attention on her more completely
What is she speaks softly?
400
According to Nick, this "whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath" because of Daisy's absence.
What is Chicago?
400
This description of the Buchanan's lawn is an example of this literary technique "The lawn started at the beach and RAN toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, JUMPING over sun-dials..."
What is Personification?
400
They were both in white, and their dresses were RIPPLING and FLUTTERING as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house. I must have stood for a few moments listening to the WHIP and SNAP of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall. The words rippling, fluttering, whip, and snap are examples of this literary device meaning "the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it"
What is Onomatopoeia?
500
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
Who is Nick's father?
500
The green light makes him tremble
Who is Gatsby?
500
At Nick's house, this draws Nick's attention over to the figure that had "emerged from the shadow's of my neighbor's mansion..."
What is silhouette of a moving cat?
500
Daisy claims that Jordan should come see them every weekend because the "home influence will be very good for her." She says this even though Tom is having an affair and their daughter is overlooked and avoided throughout the evening. Daisy's claim coupled with the contradictory evidence is an example of this literary device
What is Irony?
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“…it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men." This is an example of this literary device
What is Foreshadowing?