Close reading The Great Gatsby

After you're done reading the passage, write one piece of figurative language you found in the text.

Which of the following phrases from the passage demonstrates alliteration?

• motor road

• fantastic farm

• powdery air

• invisible track

The simile "ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens" primarily serves to:

• Highlight the natural beauty of the Valley of Ashes.

• Emphasize the narrator's confusion about the landscape.

• Juxtapose elements of decay with elements of growth.

• Suggest that the ashes are fertile ground for new life.

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What do the "enormous yellow spectacles" of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg symbolize in the passage?

• The narrator's poor eyesight.

• The commercialism of the era.

• An omnipotent, all-seeing entity.

• The doctor's medical expertise.

What is the ultimate goal of annotating a literary passage?

• To identify all literary devices used by the author.

• To understand the author's purpose and discover the theme.

• To memorize the plot and character details.

• To find unfamiliar words and look up their definitions.