Essay on Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald Assignment | Online Assignment
A) The Great Gatsby Essay:
4 paragraphs(8-10 sent.), “6” examples of evidence from GG paraphrased and direct quotations(which cannot stand alone as DQ’s must be introduced or closed), follow all conventions of ELA.
Prompt: In ON WRITING Stephen King references his friend Amy Tan with her quotation “…No one ever asks about the language…”
Having read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel THE GREAT GATSBY, peruse it again, chapter by chapter, look at, examine Fitzgerald’s language.
Think. Consider:
How do you feel about his style? His word choice? His expressions? Is it subtle? Convincing? Phony? Authentic? How does his style
influence characterization? Would the story be different if Fitzgerald chose different words, sentence structures, tones?
I am asking: What about Fitzgerald’s language? And you are answering: with your well defined Thesis/Claim and researched, detailed
observations that span the text.
Comment on the literary devices he uses, syntax, and diction. How do his words affect the plot? the characters? Does the language
“fit” the characters?
Remember to follow (review then follow) the RULES/TOOLS of Writing found in that WRITER’S TOOL BOX!! And, after FC is completed, pull Topic sent. and thesis- is there a correlation? Did you prove/validate your thesis?
*Do not write about ON WRITING in this ESSAY…it is all about Fitzgerald’s language in GG.
