The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby Literary Devices

See key examples and analysis of the literary devices F. Scott Fitzgerald uses in The Great Gatsby, along with the quotes, themes, symbols, and characters related to each device.

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Alliteration 4 key examples

Allusions 22 key examples

Dramatic Irony 1 key example

Flashbacks 2 key examples

Foreshadowing 2 key examples

Frame Story 1 key example

Genre 1 key example

Hyperbole 3 key examples

Imagery 6 key examples

Irony 2 key examples

Metaphors 3 key examples

Mood 1 key example

Motifs 1 key example

Oxymorons 2 key examples

Setting 1 key example

Similes 7 key examples

Situational Irony 1 key example