The Great Gatsby Figurative Language

a blond, spiritless man, anemic, and faintly handsome

• Tom

• Gatsby

• Nick

• George Wilson

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

inclined to reserve all judgments . . . privy to the secret griefs of wild,  unknown men

• Gatsby

• Nick

• Tom

• Daisy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

If personality is a series of successful gestures, then there is something gorgeous about him… (who is being described?)

• Tom

• Nick

• Klipspringer

• Gatsby

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can" 

• Gatsby

• Tom

• George Wilson

• Meyer Wolfsheim

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is George Wilson looking out the window at when he says, "God sees everything." ?

• The ash heap

• The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg

• The green light

• Gatsby's car

The owl-eyed man is an example of which literary device?

• metaphor

• synecdoche

• anachronism

• hyperbole

What do Meyer Wolfsheim's cuff links symbolize?

• His high social class

• His alma mater

• His family crest/ old money connections

• His dangerous connections (possibly to the mob)

Which literary device is used in the phrase 'a single green light, minute and far away'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the green light symbolize in 'The Great Gatsby'?

• A) Wealth

• B) Envy

• C) Gatsby's hope and dreams

• D) Daisy's love

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

In 'The Great Gatsby', which character is described as having 'a cruel body'?

• A) Tom Buchanan

• B) Jay Gatsby

• C) Nick Carraway

• D) George Wilson

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5