Figurative+Language

One of the most captivating aspects of Fitzgerald’s work is his mastery of figurative language, or ideas communicated beyond their literal meaning to create an image in the reader’s mind. There are several types of **figurative language**, called figures of speech.
 * Figurative Language **


 * Metaphor**: a comparison between two unlike objects directly…//the pillow was a cloud.//
 * Simile:** a comparison between two unlike objects using the words “like” or “as”…the //pillow is a fluffy **as** a cloud//
 * Personification**: giving human qualities or characteristics to a non-human object: //The cloud raced across the sky.//


 * Read each quote below and decide which figure of speech is used. Identify the comparison being made or the object being personified. See the example below. **


 * “…__swirls and eddies of people__ I didn’t know.” (ch. 3) **
 * Figure of speech: //metaphor// **
 * Analysis: //compares people at the party with ocean waves; waves turn and crash on themselves like the people at a really crowded party// **

1. “Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, __a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay__.” (ch. 1) fos: analysis:

2. “A breeze blew through the room, __blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags__…” (ch.1) fos: analysis:

3. “…twisting them up toward the __frosted wedding cake of the ceiling__…” (ch.1) fos: analysis:

4. “…and then [the breeze] rippled over the wine colored rug, __making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea__.” (ch. 1) fos: analysis:

5. “The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which __two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon__.” (ch. 1) fos: analysis:

6. “It was a body capable of enormous leverage—__a cruel body.”__ (ch.1) fos: analysis:

7. “…in his blue gardens __men and girls came and went like moths__ among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” (ch. 3) fos: analysis:

8. “After that __I lived like a young rajah__ in all the capitals of Europe—Paris, Venice, Rome…” (ch. 4) fos: analysis:

9. “’Her __voice is full of money__,’” he said suddenly.” (ch. 7) fos: analysis:

10. “__Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols__, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fan.” (ch.7) fos: analysis: