Intertextuality Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Devices Synthesis Essay
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What is the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text. Among many things, intertextual works of literature may contain similar plots, settings, characters, and themes.
What is the definition of “intertextuality”?
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What are “Rounds” and “Books”
Quinonez structures his novel in a unique way. He does not use “chapters” and “parts.” Instead, he uses...
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Who is Jay Gatsby
Who is The Great Gatsby’s central character?
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What is descriptive words and phrases that authors use to appeal to their readers’ five senses.
What is imagery?
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What is argument or thesis statement
What is another word for “claim”?
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What is in two parts: "Inter" and "text"
How can the term “intertextuality” be broken down in order to understand its meaning without a dictionary?
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What is Quinonez calls each chapter a “round” to help describe how each character’s experience of life is like a fight or a boxing match.
Why does Quinonez call each chapter a “round.”
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No, while The Great Gatsby’s central character is Jay Gatsby, the narrator is Nick Carraway.
Is The Great Gatsby’s central character and narrator one in the same?
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What is True
True or false: Authors often employ various literary devices within imagery to produce the desired effect.
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What are: Part I: Literary devices that each author employs
Part II: Similar message that each author communicates
What two parts must your claim consist of?
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What is their respective plots.
What is the most obvious example of intertextuality that exists between Bodega Dreams and The Great Gatsby?
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What is Book II
At the beginning of which “book” does Quinonez begin to employ circular narrative structure?
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Possible answers: Symbolism, Characterization, Flashback, Foreshadowing, Simile, Setting, Imagery, Mood/Tone, Metaphor
Name one example of a literary device that Fitzgerald employs in The Great Gatsby.
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Possible answers: Symbolism, characterization, imagery, setting, tone/mood, flashback.
Name one of the six major literary device that is employed by both Quinonez and Fitzgerald.
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What is A subclaim that is centered around an original idea and does not include text titles or authors’ names
What must a successful topic sentence include?
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What is hope.
What is one intertextual theme that exists between Bodega Dreams and The Great Gatsby? Provide one specific example from each text.
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What is “Sapo was different.”
The repetition of which sentence indicates circular narrative structure at the beginning of Book II?
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Device = Metaphor
Theme = Wealth and Status
When Fitzgerald writes that Daisy’s voice is “full of money,” what literary device is employed and what theme does it speak to?
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Each author creates a common symbol: The green light of hope.
How do both Quinonez and Fitzgerald make use of symbolism in their respective novels?
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What is (Author’s Last Name, Text Title, Page #)
How does one format parenthetical citations in MLA format for one’s Synthesis Essay?
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What is Intertextuality enriches a reader’s experience because each text acts as a lens through which another text can be viewed.
What are some of the effects of intertextuality on your experience as a reader?
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What is As the narrative comes full circle, readers begin to make sense of what they were previously cued into toward the novel’s start.
What effect does Quinonez’s use of circular narrative structure have on your experience as a reader?
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The mood changes when Gatsby receives a work-related phone call. The mood change provides contrast and cues readers in that while everything seems like it might be going well, trouble is imminent.
In the “beautiful shirts” scene, when does the mood change and how does that impact your experience as a reader?
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Fitzgerald and Quinonez use flashback to give readers the background stories on their main characters.
What is the significance of both Fitzgerald’s and Quinonez’s use of flashback?
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Breakdown claim into four subclaims that build and advance the writer’s argument over the course of the essay.
How does a writer organize his or her Synthesis Essay?






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