Monday: Final Timed Passage Analysis for The Great Gatsby

Today you were given a passage from either chapter 8 or 9 to closely analyze, examining the use of rhetorical, literary, and stylistic devices.

Here is "refresher" of some devices you might have chosen to write about:

Rhetorical Devices:

allusion

analogy

anaphora

antithesis

asyndeton/polysyndeton

chiasmus

metaphor

parallelism

hyperbole/understatement

zeugma

rhetorical question

satire

paradox

irony

foil

parody

rhetorical appeals

organization/structure

Stylistic Devices:

diction

imagery

figurative language

tone

syntax

Literary Devices:

symbolism

characterization

imagery

ambiguity

plot

theme

narrator

setting 

mood