
Word Choice and Usage
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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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6 Slides • 5 Questions
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Open Ended
The author uses the phrases “The figure,” “haunted the lawyer all night;” and “he dozed over.”
How do these phrases contribute to the development of the setting?
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Open Ended
The author chose to use the words “glide,” labyrinths,” and “crush.”
What impact do those words have on the tone of the excerpt?
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Multiple Select
Which phrase(s) help establish the dispiriting tone the author used to describe the West Egg?
"white palaces of fashionable"
"was an eyesore"
"of raw ivy"
"the less fashionable"
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Multiple Select
Which phrase(s) did the author use to create an uplifting tone when describing the East Egg?
"white palaces of fashionable"
"was an eyesore"
"colossal affair"
"the less fashionable"
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Open Ended
What do the word choices the author used suggest about the difference of neighborhoods?
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