Gatsby Notes
Chapter One
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Narrator – Nick Carraway – First Person
Analyzing Imagery – couch scene
Character Impressions – Tom, Daisy, Jordan
First look at Gatsby
Vocabulary - Privy Feign Levity Supercilious Fractiousness Complacency Extemporize Libel
Peremptory
Chapter Two
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Setting – The Valley of Ashes (adjectives, adverbs)
Symbol – The eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg
Myrtle – (Difference between Myrtle and Daisy)
Gatsby rumor about Kaiser Wilhelm
Analyzing theme/key topic - Wealth
Vocabulary - Grotesque Impenetrable Solemn Anemic Incessant Hauteur Strident
Keeping up with the Jones’
Lesson 4
Chapter Three
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Party - IMAGERY, DESCRIPTION, AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Setting – Wealth, American dream
Characterization- Gatsby
Vocabulary - Ravage Prodigality Gaudy Malevolence Tantalizing Poignant Innuendo Vehemently
Vacuous Echolalia
Chapter Four
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More Gatsby characterization – How do people view him?
Gatsby’s life story – What’s the truth?
Vocabulary - Punctilious Somnambulist Fluctuate Sporadic Elicit Jauntily
Rubric Expository
___/10 Intro/conclusion
___/10 Body paragraphs
___/10 Organization
___/10 Mechanics
___/5 Purpose/focus
___/5 MLA
Introduction –
What is the conflict in Act 1 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?