The Great Gatsby Ch 1

“…left a country of wide lawns and friendly trees…” p.3

• simile
• metaphor
• anaphora
• personification

“…they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint,…” p.4

• analogy
• euphamism
• dramatic irony
• simile

“Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs…” p 4-5

• allegory
• assonance
• consonance
• metaphor

“My own house was an eyesore…” p.5

• idiom
• apostrophe
• hyperbole
• alliteration

“I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. What is meant by this line?

What does the narrator (Nick Carraway) say his father taught him at an early age about life?

What is the setting of our story? (time, season, year...everything is important for context)

What kind of people is Nick surrounded by, and how do you know? (I'm referring specifically to his new society)

Why do things become awkward when Nick goes to dinner at his his cousin Daisy's house?

What is the difference between "East Egg" and "West Egg?" Why does Nick fit in with both?