https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r en-us 2018-08-11 20:37:31 UTC 2025-10-02 22:41:59 UTC hello@padlet.com saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272728570 Definition:
Ellipsis is a literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while acting or reading it out.

Example:
" ‘Please come and see me….
Phone book…. Under the name of Mrs. Sigourney Howard….
My aunt….’ "  - Fitzgerald 58

]]> 2018-08-11 20:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272728570 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272769103 Definition:
Paradox is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly, but which may include a latent truth.

Example: "For to be excited is to be unsatisfied" (88)]]> 2018-08-12 20:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272769103 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272769495 Definition:
A figure of speech in which a writer asks a question, and then provides an answer to that question immediately.

Example from "The Great Gatsby":
" Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then
miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and
then miss it. " - Fitzgerald 14

]]> 2018-08-12 20:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272769495 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838500 Definition: The use of conjunctions (and, or, but, for, so, yet, nor) even if they're not needed.

Example:
"a bar with a real brass rail was
set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials
so long forgotten that most of his female guests were too
young to know one from another" - Fitzgerald 44

]]> 2018-08-13 10:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838500 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838529 Definition: AN error in reasoning that undermine your argument

Example:
“Many people have a Dell Computer, so it must be the best.” (55)]]> 2018-08-13 10:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838529 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838535 Definition: A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood.

Example:
“Many people have a Dell Computer, so it must be the best.” (66)]]> 2018-08-13 10:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838535 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838539 Definition: An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.

Example:
"... he was a German spy during the war.’ " - Fitzgerald 48]]> 2018-08-13 10:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838539 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838542 Definition: An oxymoron occurs when two opposed words are together in one phrase.

Example from "The Great Gatsby":
" A succulent hash arrived, and Mr. Wolfshiem, forgetting
the more sentimental atmosphere of the old Metropole,
began to eat with ferocious delicacy. " - Fitzgerald 77

]]> 2018-08-13 10:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838542 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838913 Definition: The comparison of one thing with another using "like" or "as".

Example:
"The forest of Burnham Beeches stretched like a great pool of darkness" (49)

]]> 2018-08-13 10:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838913 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838918 Definition: Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words.

Example:
"solidarity service" (37)

]]> 2018-08-13 10:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838918 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838922 Definition: A contrast between expectations and reality of a situation.

Example:
" But that’s the price we have to pay for
stability. You’ve got to choose between happiness and what people used to call
high art. We’ve sacrificed the high art. We have the feelies and the scent organ
instead." (151

]]> 2018-08-13 10:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272838922 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914036 Definition: The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as.

Example RA prompt:
"a man of good will did emerge from the ruin"]]> 2018-08-13 18:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914036 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914046 Definition: The act of using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation.

Example from "The Great Gatsby":
" ‘He went to Oggsford College in England. You know Oggsford College?’ "
- Fitzgerald 78

]]> 2018-08-13 18:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914046 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914053 Definition: A positive statement shown by negating its opposite expression.

Example:
" I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them. "- Fitzgerald 7

]]> 2018-08-13 18:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914053 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914069 Definition: A polite expression used to replace words or phrases that might be considered unpleasant to hear.

Example from "The Great Gatsby":
" I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the
two,"
-Nick is indirectly saying that West Egg is not as high class as East Egg-
- Fitzgerald 7

]]> 2018-08-13 18:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914069 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914083 Definition: Criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor.

Example from RA prompt:
"Sir, I suppose that your knowledge of the situation of my brethren is too extensive to need a recital here;"

]]> 2018-08-13 18:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914083 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914088 Definition: Persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions.

Example from RA prompt:
"with women weighted down by personal grief"

]]> 2018-08-13 18:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/272914088 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273240609 Definition: Persuading by the use of reasoning.

Example from RA prompt:
"the Berlin wall is now a memory"]]> 2018-08-15 12:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273240609 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242962 Definition: The style of speaking/writing determined by the choice and use of words with regard of effectiveness.
Example:
“But that’s the price we have to pay for
stability. You’ve got to choose between happiness and what people used to call
high art. We’ve sacrificed the high art. We have the feelies and the scent organ
instead." (151)

]]> 2018-08-15 13:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242962 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242970 Definition: Parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction.

Example RA prompt:
"I have met with a remarkable woman"
"I have talked to ... woman"

]]> 2018-08-15 13:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242970 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242976 Definition: Brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

Example from RA prompt:
"the father of mankind"

]]> 2018-08-15 13:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242976 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242989 Definition: A short story, usually serving to make the listeners laugh or ponder over a topic. 

Example from RA prompt:
"In recent years, I have met in Sarajevo with women weighted down by personal grief reaching.."

]]> 2018-08-15 13:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273242989 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273243001 Definition: two or more parts of a sentence that are similar in length, rhythm, and structure.

Example from The Brave New World: "Orgy Porgy"

]]> 2018-08-15 13:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/273243001 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071495 Or ethical appeal, means convincing by the character of the author. 

Example from RA prompt:
"I have met in Sarajevo with a women..."
Albright provides many examples of her own experience.

]]> 2018-09-01 11:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071495 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071496 Definition: Substitute a name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated, to clarify.
Example
"But the Savage had suddenly broken away from his companions and was violently retching, behind a clump of laurels, as though the solid earth had been a
helicopter in an air pocket." (107)

]]> 2018-09-01 11:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071496 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071505 Definition: Witten or spoken discussion or debate.

Example:
"  The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved ... It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things." 


]]> 2018-09-01 11:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071505 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071509 Definition: Short story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh. 
Example:
"Lenina suddenly remembered an occasion when, as a little girl at school, she had woken up in the middle of the night and become aware, for the first time, of the whispering that had haunted all her sleeps." (32]]> 2018-09-01 11:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071509 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071511 Definition: A definition that is  implicit by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.

Example:
“brave new world”
negative connotation.

]]> 2018-09-01 11:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071511 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071513 Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example:
 'They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age; they're plagued with no mothers or fathers; they've got no wives, or children or lovers to feel strongly about; they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave' " (220).]]> 2018-09-01 11:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071513 saraalkhaja1 https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071515 Definition:  Term for applying one word to modify two other words, in two unalike ways.
Example:
"They covered themselves with dust and glory." (113)

]]> 2018-09-01 11:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/saraalkhaja1/olc44pnv9q6r/wish/277071515