Read this extract from chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Extract from The Great Gatsby
Extract from The Great Gatsby
(1) From the first paragraph, list four things we find out about Gatsby's guests. (4 marks)
(2)
Read the paragraph beginning, “There
was music from my neighbour’s house”… “to repairing the ravages of the night
before.”
How does the writer use language to describe the neighbour and his
behaviour? (8 marks)
(3) How does the writer use structure to interest the reader? (8 marks)
(4) Look at line 52 to the end of the
extract.
A student said: “The narrator feels
out of place and uncomfortable at Gatsby’s house”.
To what extent do you agree? (20 marks)
(5)
Write a description
suggested by this picture
OR
Write the opening of
a short story about a party
Remember to use:
Onomatopoeia
Five senses
Alliteration
Similes
Triples
Metaphors
Adjectives/adverbs
Personification
Sentence types/openings (simple, compound, complex)
You may find some of these words helpful…
Nouns
Decorations,
music, glasses, dresses, faces, expressions, laughter, light
Adjectives
Deafening,
raucous, rowdy, cacophonous, piercing, boisterous, shrill, melodic, melodious,
croaky, rasping, penetrating
Verbs
Prattle,
gossip, flirt, argue, impress
Dance
Laugh,
giggle, shriek, snort, howl
Adverbs
Beautifully, divinely, gaily, gracefully, lightly, merrily, wildly
boisterously, derisively
easily, heartily, hysterically, immoderately, lightly
loudly, nervously, quietly, silently, simply, softly
uncontrollably, uproariously
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