| A | B |
|---|
| Pugulistic | looking for a fight |
| Contemporaneous | occurring at the same time period |
| Somnolent | sleepy |
| Malice | desire to inflict harm on someone |
| Sediment | material settling to the bottom of a liquid |
| Flat Character | one dimension/few traits |
| Round Character | many traits/well developed |
| Direct Characterization | narrator directly comments about a character's personality |
| Indirect Characterization | personality revealed through actions and words and how other character say about him/her |
| Modernism | disillusionment with American values/loss of hope/fears about future |
| Winter Dreams | Dreaming about actions after it warms up |
| East Egg | symbolizes old money |
| West Egg | symbolizes new money |
| Valley of Ashes | symbolizes Midwest poor |
| Green light | symbolizes money |
| Billboard/eyes | symbolizes God |
| Dogs | symbolizes social classes |
