Identify seven figures of speech from the passages from The Great Gatsby and write commentary (connect to the tone).We walked through a high...

The figures of speech in this passage from The Great Gatsby contribute to the imagery and mood of the passage and establish Tom as the destroyer of illusions, a role he plays repeatedly in the novel.

I won't repeat the list given by the previous editor, except to suggest that curtains can ripple, so I wouldn't include that example in the list.  I could be wrong.

I would add personification to the list:  pictures don't really groan, and wind can't really die. 

These figures of speech contribute to the imagery in the passage, which establishes the mood.  Until Tom arrives, the imagery and the mood are light and airy.  Tom puts a stop to that:  he "shut the rear windows and the caught wind died...."  The writer here juxtaposes (places side by side) the contrasting imagery, aided by the figures of speech.  The mood is shifted as the imagery changes. 

Of course, at the heart of the passage is the death of still another illusion in the novel.  An illusion destroyed by Tom.  The women floating is a poignant illusion, but a short-lived one.