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We went upstairs, through period bedrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk

We went upstairs, through period bedrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk and vivid with new flowers, through dressing-rooms and poolrooms, and bathrooms, with sunken baths – intruding into one chamber where a disheveled man in pajamas was doing liver exercises on the floor.

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We went upstairs, through period bedrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk

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  1. We went upstairs, through period bedrooms swathed in rose and lavender silk and vivid with new flowers, through dressing-rooms and poolrooms, and bathrooms, with sunken baths – intruding into one chamber where a disheveled man in pajamas was doing liver exercises on the floor. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby www.theguardian.com mylusciouslife.com Question #1: Identify three general adjectives that you could use to describe this house. With each adjective, write one sentence in which you provide an example from the passage. Question #2: How does the “disheveled man in pajamas…doing liver exercises on the floor” help create the mood and atmosphere of the house? Application: Describe a room in great detail. In your response, include one jarring or unexpected element.

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