| “My own house was an eyesore.” | metaphor |
| “…she smiled slowly…” | alliteration |
| “I’m paralyzed with happiness.” | hyperbole |
| “The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door…” | personification |
| “…the groan of a picture…” | personification |
| “I’ve been drunk twice in my life, and the second was that night.” | foreshadowing |
| ” Most of the time I worked. In the early morning the sun cast my shadows westward as I…” | flashback |
| “Boom of the bass drum…” | onamatopoeia |
| “I’m pretty cynical…sophisticated-God, I’m sophisticated!” | characterization |
| “So with the sunshine and the great ‘bursts of leaves’ growing on the trees…” | imagery |
| “half acre of deep, pungent roses, and snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.” | imagery |
| “They stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint.” | simile |
| “Blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags.” | simile |
| Tom and Myrtle in love, but both are married to people they really do not love. They want to be together, but stay in separate relationships. | irony |
| Nick (narrator) claims that he and Gatsby are good friends, but scarcely knew Gatsby. | irony |
The Great Gatsby Figurative Language
March 30, 2020