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“She
turned
her
head
as
there
was
a
light,
dignified
knocking
at
the
front
door.
I
went
out
and
opened
it.
Gatsby,
pale
as
death,
with
his
hands
plunged
like
weights
in
his
coat
pockets,
was
standing
in
a
puddle
of
water
glaring
tragically
into
my
eyes. With
his
hands
still
in
his
coat
pockets
he
stalked
by
me
into
the
hall,
turned
sharply
as
if
he
were
on
a
wire
and
disappeared
into
the
living
room.
It
wasn't
a
bit
funny.
Aware
of
the
loud
beating
of
my
own
heart
I
pulled
the
door
to
against
the
increasing
rain. For
half
a
minute
there
wasn't
a
sound.
Then
from
the
living
room
I
heard
a
sort
of
choking
murmur
and
part
of
a
laugh
followed
by
Daisy's
voice
on
a
clear
artificial
note. "I
certainly
am
awfully
glad
to
see
you
again." A
pause;
it
endured
horribly.
I
had
nothing
to
do
in
the
hall
so
I
went
into
the
room. Gatsby,
his
hands
still
in
his
pockets,
was
reclining
against
the
mantelpiece
in
a
strained
counterfeit
of
perfect
ease,
even
of
boredom.
His
head
leaned
back
so
far
that
it
rested
against
the
face
of
a
defunct
mantelpiece
clock
and
from
this
position
his
distraught
eyes
stared
down
at
Daisy
who
was
sitting
frightened
but
graceful
on
the
edge
of
a
stiff
chair.” SIMILES:
using
“like”
or
“as”
to
compare
one
thing
to
something
else. ADVERBS
(give
added
meaning
to
the
verbs,
adjectives
and
other
adverbs): How the pause endured = horribly ADJECTIVES (give added meaning to the nouns): choking murmur, artificial note, strained counterfeit, distraught (very upset) eyes VERBS
(words
that
show
action
or
a
state
of
being) Plunged Glaring Stalked
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