English final

• Narrator


  Nick Carroway
• What Nick finds "gorgeous" about Gatsby

  • Gatsby's aura and personality
• Daisy: '"The best thing a girl can be is a beautiful little fool"'
• Dr. T.J. Eckleburg


  A sign for an eye doctor whose sign watches over the valley of ashes
• How the party in Manhattan ends


  Tom slaps Myrtle for mentioning Daisy
• Gatsby's parties


  • Over the top and wild
• Who fixed the World Series in 1919, according to Gatsby

  Meyer Wolfshiem
• Who Jay Gatsby really is

  James Gatz from North Dakota
• Daisy's voice


  Full of money
• Incident in front of the gas station

  Myrtle gets run over
• Who kills Gatsby


  Myrtle's husband George Wilson
• Who is Henry C. Gatz

  Gatsby's father
• Gatsby's funeral


  • No one shows up
• Narrator


  Nick Carroway
• What Nick finds "gorgeous" about Gatsby

  • Gatsby's aura and personality
• Daisy: '"The best thing a girl can be is a beautiful little fool"'
• 6. How is Myrtle different from Daisy?

  Myrtle is different from daisy because daisy is a member og high society and myrtle is lower class desperate for money and status
• Why does Gatsby want Nick to have Daisy over for tea?

  Gatsby wants to Nick to have daisy over for tea so they can rekindle their relationship
• 20. What is Gatsby’s funeral like?

  No one shows up
• 4. What is the Valley of Ashes literally?

  The  valley of ashes is queens
• Allusion


  When a piece of writing tries to hint at a person, place, thing, literature, or art
• Aside


  A speech or short comment that a character delivers directly to an audience
• Comic Relief


  The inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious or dramatic work, often to relieve tension
• Connotation


  Secondary, implied, or associative meanings and emotions that a word carries beyond its literal definition
• Denotation


  The literal dictionary definition of a word, without any emotional and/or implied meaning hidden beyond the literal
• Dramatic Irony

  When the audience knows more than the character
• Dynamic Character


  One who changes and evolves throughout the story
• Epigram


  Short and witty statement, usually written in verse, that conveys a single thought or observation
• Epiphany


  Any moment when a character has a moment of realization
• Foil

  A literary element that serves as a contrast to the main character, or the protagonist
• Gothic


  Something that is characterized by mystery, horror, and gloom
• Motif


  Any distinctive feature or idea that recurs across a story
• Paradox


  A statement, pair of statements, or even the exploration of an idea that seems contradictory upon first glance
• Pun


  Make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
• Soliloquy


  When a character in a dramatic work speaks directly to the audience, expressing their inner thoughts
• Static Character


  One that doesn't change from the start of the story through to the end
• Symbol


  An object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings
• Tragic Flaw


  A character trait that leads to or contributes to a character's tragic downfall
• Tragic Hero


  A character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat
• Verbal Irony


  When what is said is the opposite of the literal meaning