The Great Gatsby Figurative Language

The stars were high above us, glittering like ice.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Idiom

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What figurative language term is exemplified by the following: 

“...there’s a persistent wail all night along the North Shore”?

• allusion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Daisy hope for her daughter?

• she hopes she'll be a beautiful little fool

• she hopes she'll marry someone who is nothing like her father

• she hopes she'll be intelligent and funny

• she hopes she'll marry someone like her father

What does Gatsby appear to be looking at when Nick sees him standing on his front lawn?

• the boats in the harbor

• a green light

• his own house

• nothing

The quote, "I'm glad it's a girl...I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"

• is said by Tom and means that he is glad he can cheat because women are fools

• Is said by Nick and means that he thinks Daisy is a fool for not leaving Tom

• Is said by Daisy and means that she hopes her daughter will be a fool

• Is said by Daisy and means that at this time, Daisy didn't see any alternative futures for women other than being beautiful enough to marry a rich husband and fool enough to stay with him

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the green light symbolize for Gatsby?

• hopefulness, dreams, the future

• friendliness, happiness

• ambition, money

• family, ancestors

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

...an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her were continually smoldering....

• Daisy

• Jordan

• Myrtle

• Catherine

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In 'The Great Gatsby', which character is most associated with the use of irony in their speech?

• A) Tom Buchanan

• B) Daisy Buchanan

• C) Jordan Baker

• D) Nick Carraway

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which literary device is used in the description 'her voice is full of money'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Alliteration

• D) Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D