Great Gatsby Vocabulary

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

• Characterization
• Irony
• Mood
• Allusion

characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas

• Symbol
• Theme
• Foil
• Foreshadowing

a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character. The objective is to highlight the traits of the other character

• Foil
• First-Person Narration
• Irony
• Mood

a figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event. Each of these concepts can be real or imaginary

• Allusion
• Characterization
• Theme
• Irony

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• Foreshadowing
• Foil
• Characterization
• Motif

a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality. For example, the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning

• Irony
• Foreshadowing
• First-Person Narration
• Foil

The central meaning or dominant message the writer is trying to deliver to the reader

• Theme
• Motif
• Foreshadowing
• Diction

Any recurring element that has symbolic significance or influences mood and/or theme

• Motif
• Diction
• Allusion
• Theme

a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions

• Mood
• Allusion
• Diction
• Symbol

the writer's choice of words

• Diction
• Symbol
• Motif
• First-Person Narration