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dimaraw [331]
3 years ago
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The great Gatsby figurative language chapter 1

English
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irinina [24]3 years ago
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Figurative language includes the use of figures of speech (metaphors, similes, allusions, etc.) to make the speech more effective and persuasive.

In Chapter 1 of <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, F. Scott Fitzgerald introduces the characters and the narrator, and establishes the setting. In doing so, he uses the following figures of speech:

  • Hyperbole (an exaggerated statement or claim)

Jordan, while lying on the couch, says to Tom: <em>"I'm stiff. I've been lying on that sofa for as long as I can remember. " </em>This is, of course, an exaggeration.

  • Metaphor (reference to one thing/concept by mentioning another)

<em>"My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore."</em> Nick refers to his house as an eyesore (an ugly sight in a public place).

  • Personification (giving human characteristics and traits to something that is not human)

<em>"The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person." </em>Nick, the narrator, personifies 'the mind', which detects certain qualities.

  • Simile (comparison of two things by mentioning the similarities between them, usually through the use of words 'like' or 'as')

<em> "Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe." </em>Nick is not satisfied with his home after the war, and compares it to "the ragged edge of the universe."

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