Plodding Plot
The crime that Mr. Wolfsheim committed.
What is fixing the 1919 World Series?
"In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores."
Identify the speaker and explain.Who is Nick?
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The literary device where an inhuman thing takes on human characteristics.
What is personification?
The team that intentionally lost the 1919 World Series.
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
The thing that Nick had that the other guests at Gatsby's party did not.
What is an invitation?
"Gatsby? What Gatsby?"
Identify the speaker and explain.
Who is Daisy?
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A scene from a movie, TV show, or novel that describes a moment that happens earlier than the current events in the story.
What is a flashback?
The character in The Great Gatsby who is connected to the 1919 World Series.
Who is Wolfsheim?
The thing that Gatsby shows to Nick that makes Nick believe his story.
What is a war medal?
"The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away that I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in, and never even told me about it"
Identify the speaker and explain.
Who is Myrtle?
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A literary device where the author changes their sentence structure in order to convey certain effects.
What is syntax?
The fate of the baseball players who participated in the 1919 World Series fraud.
What is banned from professional baseball?
The reason that Tom breaks Myrtle's nose.
What is saying Daisy's name?
"Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life"
Identify the speaker and explain.
Who is Gatsby?
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Three dots that are used to omit information.
What are ellipses?
The man who Wolfsheim is based off of.
Who is Arnold Rothstein?
The man who Nick left Tom's apartment with.
Who is Mr. McKee?
"Finest specimens of human molars"
Identify the speaker and explain.
Who is Wolfsheim?
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A literary device where the author hints at things to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The reason that the players were not charged with a crime.