Great Gatsby Figurative Language

Front

"He was a photographer who made the dim enlargement of Mrs. Wilson’s mother, hovering like ectoplasm on the wall."

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Simile

Front

The Valley of Ashes: farm, garden, dumping ground

Back

Metaphor

Front

A line of gray cars crawls along an invisible track.

Back

Personification

Front

You remind me of a rose, an absolute rose. What figure of speech is this?

Back

Metaphor

Front

Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols...

Back

Simile

Front

While his station wagon scampered...

Back

Personification

Front

And only let me leave it in the soap dish when it was coming to pieces like snow

Back

Simile

Front

Next day was broiling.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

As the moon rose, the inessential houses melted away.

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Personification