Impact of Author's Word Choice

Open Ended

The author uses the phrases “The figure,” “haunted the lawyer all night;” and “he dozed over.”

How do these phrases contribute to the development of the setting?

Open Ended

The author chose to use the words “glide,” labyrinths,” and “crush.”

What impact do those words have on the tone of the excerpt?

Multiple Select

Which phrase(s) help establish the dispiriting tone the author used to describe the West Egg?

• "white palaces of fashionable"

• "was an eyesore"

• "of raw ivy"

• "the less fashionable"

Multiple Select

Which phrase(s) did the author use to create an uplifting tone when describing the East Egg?

• "white palaces of fashionable"

• "was an eyesore"

• "colossal affair"

• "the less fashionable"

Open Ended

What do the word choices the author used suggest about the difference of neighborhoods?