English Final Review

Peyton Farquhar - a southern planter and civilian during the American Civil War.

Owl creek bridge Setting - Civil War-era Alabama; set during the 1860s.

Owl creek bridge Conflict - Farquhar is caught and hanged for trying to sabotage a Union bridge.

Owl creek Bridge Theme - Illusion vs. reality, the psychological escape from death, the brutality of war.

Owl creek bridge Mood/Tense - Tense, surreal, ironic

Owl creek bridge Literary Devices - irony and foreshadowing

Owl creek bridge Figurative Language - similes, metaphors, and imagery

An Episode of War Setting - Civil War battlefield and hospital setting, 1860s.

An Episode of War Conflict - The lieutenant is shot unexpectedly and he faces the psychological impact of his injury.

An Episode of War Theme - The randomness and cruelty of war, helplessness, stoicism in suffering.

An Episode of War Mood/Tense - Detached, Tragic and realistic.

An Episode of War Literary Devices - Symbolism (the wound as a loss of control), Irony and Understatement

An Episode of War Figurative Language - Sparse but powerful use of imagery and irony.

The Notorious Jumping Frog Jim Smiley - Gambler

The Notorious Jumping Frog Simon Wheeler - Storyteller

The Notorious Jumping Frog Dan’l Webster - Frog

The Notorious Jumping Frog Setting - 1840s-50s Gold Rush-era California.

The Notorious Jumping Frog Conflict - Smiley is tricked and loses a bet

The Notorious Jumping Frog Theme - Deception, gullibility, satire of tall tales and frontier life

The Notorious Jumping Frog Mood/Tone - Humorous, Ironic, and Folksy.

The Notorious Jumping Frog Literary Devices - Frame narrative, Irony and Hyperbole

The Notorious Jumping Frog Figurative Language - Exaggeration

Of Mice and Men Slim - jerkline skinner, or head mule driver, on the ranch

Of Mice and Man - 1930s California, during the Great Depression

Of Mice and Man Theme - Friendship, loneliness, the failure of the American Dream.

Of Mice and Men Mood/Tone - Somber, tragic, and empathetic.

Of Mice and Man Literary Devices - Foreshadowing, symbolism (the dream farm, Candy’s dog), realism.

Of Mice and Man Figurative Language - Similes and metaphors

The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby - A self-made millionaire who lives in a luxurious mansion in West Egg and throws extravagant parties

The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan - The object of Jay Gatsby's love, a socialite from Louisville, and the wife of Tom Buchanan

The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway - The narrator and a central observer of the story's event

The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanan - The husband of Daisy Buchanan

The Great Gatsby Jordan Baker - A socialite, professional golfer, and a friend of Daisy Buchanan

The Great Gatsby Myrtle Wilson - Wife of George Wilson

The Great Gatsby Setting - 1920s New York (East Egg and West Egg), Jazz Age/Roaring Twenties.

The Great Gatsby Conflict - Gatsby’s romantic and social aspirations clash with reality and social barriers.

The Great Gatsby Theme - The corruption of the American Dream, illusion vs. reality, class and privilege.

The Great Gatsby Mood/Tone - Glamorous yet disillusioned; romantic but ultimately tragic.

The Great Gatsby Literary Devices - Symbolism (the green light, eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg), imagery and irony.

The Great Gatsby Figurative Language - Rich metaphor (e.g., Gatsby’s dream as a “foul dust”), personification and similes.