In the Great Gatsby, there are many rhetorical devices. Some of the ones that are used regarding Jay Gatsby are:
- Imagery: Fitzgerald uses imagery to ensure that Nick thinks of Gatsby very highly by describing him and his possessions beautifully. An example of this is on page 92: "He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, one by one, before, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel, which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many[colored disarray."
- Simile: Fitzgerald uses similes to describe Gatsby in a fantastical way, such as this example on Page 2. "If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away."
- Hyperbole: Fitzgerald uses phrases that make Gatsby seem larger than life and a very interesting person. An example of this is two quotes from Page 44 that has various people stating the outlandish things they thought about Gatsby: "he was a Germany Spy during the war" and "somebody told me they thought he killed a man once."
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