Starter quiz
- 'The Great Gatsby' was set in the ...
- 1920s. ✓
- 1930s.
- 1940s.
- 1950s.
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- Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald ✓
- T. S. Eliot
- E. M. Forster
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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- The novel 'The Great Gatsby' explores the key theme of the 'American ...
- Dream'. ✓
- Promise'.
- Contract'.
- Identity'.
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- In 'The Great Gatsby', Nick Carraway is the novel's ...
- narrator. ✓
- protagonist.
- antagonist.
- writer.
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- The novel 'The Great Gatsby' is set in a fictionalised part of ...
- London.
- New York. ✓
- Chicago.
- Los Angeles.
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- Fitzgerald describes 'West Egg' as that 'riotous island' in 'The Great Gatsby'. What device is he using here?
- personification ✓
- a simile
- a metaphor
- alliteration
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Exit quiz
- Which of the below are reasonable synonyms for the word 'supercilious'?
- arrogant ✓
- haughty ✓
- powerful
- extravagant
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- In 'The Great Gatsby', which character rents a modest house in West Egg?
- Tom Buchanan
- Daisy Buchanan
- Nick Carraway ✓
- Jay Gatsby
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- In 'The Great Gatsby', Fitzgerald describes the water separating the two islands as a "great wet barnyard". What language device has he used here?
- 'metaphor' ✓
- What is the effect of describing East Egg as "glittered along the water" in 'The Great Gatsby'?
- indicates poverty
- suggests hidden danger
- implies superficial glamour ✓
- shows environmental pollution
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- What effect does the use of dynamic verbs like "ran", "jumping", and "drifting" create in 'The Great Gatsby'?
- stillness
- wealth and class
- superiority
- movement and activity ✓
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- In 'The Great Gatsby', how does Fitzgerald contrast West Egg and East Egg?
- by describing them both as equally opulent
- by depicting West Egg as less prestigious than East Egg ✓
- by showing both as poor neighbourhoods
- by describing West Egg as more fashionable than East Egg
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Writers will make deliberate choices in their writing to achieve specific effects - this is known as writer's craft.
- Writers will employ different word choices and language devices to create engaging characters and settings.
- Personal responses to texts will take into account the writer's craft.
Common misconception
All opinions in response to written texts are equal.
The best personal responses to texts will evaluate the writer's craft in eliciting that opinion.
Keywords
Opulence - extreme wealth and luxuriousness, often associated with lavish displays of extravagance
Writer's craft - the techniques and tools a writer uses to create and develop their writing
Supercilious - behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others
Elicit - to call forth or draw out
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