gatsby- author's craft article Flashcards

1
Q

tone is created by

A

diction

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2
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words to describe tom

A

supercilious
hard
arrogant
cruel

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3
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death at agee

A

44

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4
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tone is used to make drinking seem _________ then he changes the _________

A

dazzling and alluring

mood to make it seem abusing

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5
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active words

A
whip 
snap
lurches
pitches
tipped
weave
glide
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6
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fitzgerald’s editor

A

maxwell perkins

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7
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ironical truth statements

A

working hard and receiving loss and failure?

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8
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gatsby’s mansion is

A

spanking new under a thing beard of raw ivy

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9
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what odes the ivy means

A

that the self-image of gatsby has not matured over eh years; forecasts the naive faith

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10
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the most fluid of substances

A

the wind and water of the sea

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11
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golden house for the

A

golden girl

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12
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daisy’s first words

A

im p-paralyzed with happiness

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13
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Jordan says words with a

A

yawn

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14
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what color foreshadows

A

wine color

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15
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stuff that is striven for and lost

A

nick’s inability to recapture a forgotten dream of his own

inimitable elegy to the fresh green breast of the new world- dutch sailors

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