Tuesday, November 24
Justice T. Crowder
Justice T. Crowder
Lit Glossary Terms/Work
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Foreshadowing: be a warning or indication of a future event.
Jordan: "You must know Gatsby"
Daisy: "What Gatsby"
Allusion: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it
"we backed up to a gray old man who bore an absurd resemblance to John D.
Flashback: a set in the time before
Nick learns the history of Daisy's acquaintance with Gatsby and of her marriage to Tom.
Simile: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing
"A fantastic farm where the ashes grow like wheat"
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Metaphor: is a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing
during one of the parties at Gatsby's house, Nick observe the moon rising over the bay.
Situation Irony: When Tom discovers his mistress has been "instantly killed" he quickly makes the connection that Gatsby's yellow car has killed her. Gatsby is shot in mistake for Daisy's husband Tom by George, Myrtle's husband, who mistakes him for Myrtle's killer.
Definition: a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended
Motif: a recurring subject, theme, idea. the parties he throw is an example.
Conflict: to come into collision or disagreement. Gatsby loves Daisy but is too poor and lacks the pedigree to marry her.
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Symbol/symbolism: representing things by symbols. the green light represents unattainable dream/future. Valley of ashes " a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills
and grotesque gardens; where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air
Inner: private or secret Daisy's failure to wait for him to make his fortune means she is perhaps not really worthy of him
Theme: a subject of discussion, love is a theme for great gatsby because he's a fool for love
Mood: feeling at a particular time. the tragic deaths of Gatsby and Myrtle. Only Nick Carraway's honest and moral view of life breaks the sense of tragedy.
Character development: Jay Gatsby Early in the book, he is established as a dreamer who is charming, External: outer Gatsby loves Daisy but is too poor and lacks the pedigree to marry her
Character: one such feature or trait. Nick Carraway, the story's narrator, has a singular place within The Great Gatsby. gracious, and a bit mysterious. As the story unfolds the reader learns
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more and more. that everything he has done in his adult life has been with the sole purpose of fulfilling the most unrealistic of dreams — to recapture the past.
Imagery: a work of fiction in such a way that the reader or audience seems to learn more about them as they develop. the owl-eyed man represents. wisdom,death,truly seeing.
Indirect: not in a direct course or path “Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming, discontented face.”
Direct: to manage or guide by advice Nick describes Gatsby as smiling understandingly in chapter 3. He notes Gatsby's smile several times in this chapter
Foil: frustrate. Tom and Gatsby see Daisy as an angel, something to be protected and put on a pedestal; Jordan Baker would cut off her "golden arm" (3.19) before she'd let anyone do that to her.
Protagonist: the leading character. Jay gatsby
Antagonist: a person who or competes with another Tom Buchanan prevents Jay Gatsby from living happily ever after, both in Gatsby's head
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Paradox: an opinion or statement For instance, Jay Gatsby is described both as "wealthy" as though he is similar to the Buchanans, while also being called "an elegant young roughneck."
Equivocation: a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word. Nick discusses Gatsby twice in Chapter I, in the beginning of the novel and at the conclusion of the chapter. His first references seem contradictory. He points out that in some way he thoroughly disapproved of Gatsby: "he represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn." However, Nick adds that "Gatsby turned out alright at the end."
Dramatic Irony: irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama. Tom Buchanan believes that Gatsby is the one who killed his mistress. However, it was actually his own wife who killed Myrtle.
Iambic Pentameter: a certain kind of line of poetry "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
Verbal Irony: a person says or writes one thing and means another. ‘in consequence i'm inclined to reserve all judgment.
Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together. the difference between wealthy West Egg and impoverished Valley of Ashes
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Situation Irony: a literary device that you can easily identify in literary work. Nick Carraway, the proper young man with roots in the Midwest, is the narrator of the story and the protagonist of
his own plot, which forms the frame narrative of the novel. He tries to escape his limited, small town experience in the Midwest and to find himself in New York.
Soliloquy: the act of talking while or as if alone. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning--
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Aside: to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction
Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration. In Chapter One, for instance he is described by Nick, who "wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart"
Oxymoron: a figure of speech "Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope."
Epiphany: an appearance. nick has one when he realizes no one really liked gatsby judging by the fact that no one came to his funeral yet thousands came to his parties
Antithesis: opposite the contrast between Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson.
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Hyperbole: exaggeration. Chapter V, Nick returns home to find "the whole corner of the peninsula of West Egg was blazing with light . . . ." His first reaction is feel alarm, thinking that the light comes from his own burning house. He then realizes the blaze of light comes from Gatsby's house that is "lit from tower to cellar."
Analogy: a similarity between like features of two things. …”the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo, and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other's names."
Summary: An overview of content that provides a reader with the overarching theme. The Great Gatsby is a story told by Nick Carraway, who was once Gatsby's neighbor, and he tells the story sometime after 1922, when the incidents that fill the book take place. As the story opens, Nick has just moved from the Midwest to West Egg, Long Island, seeking his fortune as a bond salesman.
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Characterization: Describing the quality or a thing
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Character motivation: what motivates characters to act a certain way.
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Direct: moving one place to another in the shortest way
Example: Karen is bright,energetic and helpful
Example: Karen is bright,energetic and helpful
Indirect: not straight
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCIAb6hvPgY
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCIAb6hvPgY
Static: short movement action or change
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUsjQwF_UI
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUsjQwF_UI
Dynamic: constant change or progress
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUsjQwF_UI
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUsjQwF_UI
Setting: place and time
Example: http://study.com/academy/lesson/setting-in-literature-definition-importance-examples.html
Example: http://study.com/academy/lesson/setting-in-literature-definition-importance-examples.html
Tone/Mood: emotion or emotions through words
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Theme: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a
Example: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-theme-in-literature-definition-examples-quiz.html
Example: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-theme-in-literature-definition-examples-quiz.html
Irony: the expression of someones meaning
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Paradox: a situation, person, or thing that combinesEquivocation: the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing
soliloquy: act of speaking one's thoughts aloud
Verbal irony: a person says or writes one thing and means another
Dramatic irony: irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama
Aside: out the way
Simile: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared
Foreshadowing: a future event
Allusion: call something to mind without mentioning it
Personification: the attribution of human nature or character to animals
Symbols: something used for or regarded as representing something else