NABOKOV+READING

// Hey Everybody - I reorganized the vocab to make it easier to study. Hopefully this document attaching trial works. - Catherine//

//Team [|WordAssignments]//


 * 1) //The following words are drawn from our anchor reading by Nabokov: "Good Readers, Good Writers" (available in our BlackBoard course shell).//

Defining them will be your first collaborative assignment.

One person from each class will be assigned a single term. By the due date, each entry must contain the following seven parts: Word, Pronunciation (sound link), Full Definition(s) + published sample sentence(s), an original sentence with clear context clue, image, and memory tip.

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**1. Alliteration** - noun
ə- ˌ li-tə- ˈ rā-shən or //uh//-lit-//uh//-**rey**-sh//uh//n
 * Pronunciation:**

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**2.**
The repetition of initial sounds, usually consonants, in two or more neighboring words or syllables immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
 * Full definition:**
 * Published sentence:** "Churchill describes himself as one "who often, but without success, had prayed for apt alliteration's artful aid," an example which is itself a proof of his failure, for alliteration is never effective unless it runs upon consonants." - Encyclopedia Britannica
 * Original sentence:** The general used the alliteration "brief bloody battle" to rally up his troops.
 * Image:**


 * Memory tip:** an alliteration includes the repetition of consonants in a sentence and in the word alliteration, there are multiple L's T's I's and A's.

Cassie, Ryanne, Ji-Eun

**3. Allusion**
[|**Pronunciation**]: [ // uh // -loo-zh//uh// n] 1) A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implications. 2) A figure of speech making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event 3) An author's reference to another literary work, a cultural event, or an experience in the author's life 4) The act of alluding 5) Obsolete. a metaphor; parable. **Original Sentence:** I   n many current articles or novels, writers often use allusions to refer to Shakespeare. //Courtney Allen, Carly Schumacher, Alex Scharf//
 * Published Sentence:** Most __allusions__ are based on the assumption that there is a body of knowledge that is shared by the author and the reader and that therefore the reader will understand the author’s referent. -Britannica Online
 * Image**:
 * Memory Tip**: A novel that has an allu__sion__ in it will lead to a more knowledgeable conclu__sion.__ An __all__usion is something that both the reader and writer should all have knowledge of and __all__ be in on.

4. Analogy- n.
Pronunciation: ə- na-lə-jē http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogy Definition: a. correspondence between the members of pairs or sets of linguistic forms that serves as a basis for the creation of another form b. s imilarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar Origin: late Middle English (‘appropriateness, correspondence’); from French **analogie** , Latin **analogia** ‘proportion', from Greek, from **analogos** Image: Memory tip: Analog**ies** help create compatablit**ies** (in otherwise uncompatable objects) Ashlee Sang and Emily Allen Pronunciation: af-uh-riz-uhm or ˈ a-fə- ˌ ri-zəm Definition(s): 1. a concise statement of a principle; 2. a short wise saying; 3. a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment (adage) Published Sample Sentence: "The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate." - Prince Charles-Josef de Ligne (Austrian field marshal and writer) Original Sentences: 1.Complex issues do not lend themselves to being described in aphorisms. 2. My mother recited Mark Twain's aphorism "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" to me when I complained to her about the difficult science project I had been assigned. Image: Memory Tip: a"phor" "ism" is "for" w"isdom"
 * 5. Aphorism **

Amanda Lawler, Maggie Irvin, Paige Knippenberg

Definition: the middle class; (in Marxist theory) the class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values Published sentence: The bourgeoisie might blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history. - Buenaventura Durruti Original sentence: Members of the bourgeoisie of 16th century France were always looking for ways to improve their middle class status. Image: Memory Trick: The "boring" bourgeoisie lived "fancily".
 * 6. Bourgeoisie ** [[image:SULLEN_AUDIO.gif link="http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?bourge05.wav=bourgeoisie"]](boor-zhwah-zee)

Anna Vaughn, Liz Risius

Definition: Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome Pronunciation: / ˈbʌksəm /-
 * 7. Buxom **

Published sentence: //A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair//.--Milton Original Sentence: The buxom girl happily frolicked across the field. Memory Trick: A buxom person has SOME vigor like a young BUCK. Image:

Emily Donnan, Elizabeth Ray

** 8. Ephemeral ** - n. & adj. __Pronunciation__: i-fem-rəl Definitions:  Adjective: 1. Lasting one day only 2. Lasting a very short time Noun 1. Anything short-lived Sentences: __Original__: The __ephemeral__ life of the housefly lasts mere hours after it has hatched.

__Published__: Laid out in a dazzling geometric design of diagonal oak slats, the floor produced an almost __ephemeral__ optical illusion-a three-dimensional network that gave visitors the sense they were floating through the gallery on a surface that changed with every step. Dan Brown, //The// //Da Vinci Code//

__Memory Tip__: Think of a woman wearing a green hat for one day of the year, St. Patrick’s Day. (female + emerald = ephemeral)

__Image__: Rob Hanson and Ikechi Nnamani

Pronunciation: [ik-splis-it] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicit Definition: a. adjective; fully and clearly expressed or formulated b. adjective; described in a realistic manner c. adjective; inappropriate Published Sentence:In fact, it is one of the principal, if less explicit, purposes of the //Autobiography// to //combat// the kind of moralism that had been characteristic of earlier traditions, particularly those of Puritan America. ~__Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography and the Education of America__ by Steven Forde Original Sentence: The pilot received explicit instructions on the flight path over the mountains. Image: Memory Trick: If you give _exp_licit instructions, then you won't need to _exp_lain what you mean later Katie Klotzbach, Jessie Swiech, Ila Sruti
 * 9. Explicit **


 * 10. Flaubert **[[image:flaubert.jpg width="152" height="179" align="right" caption="Gustave Flaubert"]]

[|Pronunciation]: (flō-bâr') Definition: French writer considered a forerunner of naturalism and known for his precise literary style. His works include the novel //Madame Bovary// (1857) and the short story "A Simple Heart" (1877).

Published Sample Sentence: "Flaubert despised realism and said so over and over throughout his life; he loved only the absolute purity of art."- Jean-Paul Satre in "Bloom on Gustave Flaubert"

Original Sample Sentence: I’d compare his writing to Flaubert’s because it is very stylistic and meticulously created.

Memory Trick: Famous Frenchmen Flaubert flowed with words.

G-M
11. Glean **{Gleen}** Definition: Published Sample Sentence: You could glean some useful information if you listened more carefully. Our Sample Sentence: The beggars gleaned money from the people passing by.
 * Verb. 1. || to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit. ||

Memory Trick: You feel glee when you glean. Melissa Seeborg and Munan Singhal
 * [[image:http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_dKaOsOwug/RyCPXvyVmKI/AAAAAAAAAQs/U3vGjFVGXKc/s400/Millet_Gleaners.jpg width="356" height="249" align="left" link="http://bp1.blogger.com/_1_dKaOsOwug/RyCPXvyVmKI/AAAAAAAAAQs/U3vGjFVGXKc/s1600-h/Millet_Gleaners.jpg"]] ||

im-pli-sət 1.) implied; rather than expressly stated 2.) capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed
 * 12. IMPLICIT **
 * Definition:**

3.) having no doubts or reservations 4.) involved in the nature or essence of something though not revealed, expressed, or developed

(When a server hands you a check, the implicit message is for you to leave.)
 * Published sentence//://** "But Mr. Keyes's implicit accusation that I was not a true Christian nagged at me, and I was also aware that my answer did not adequately address the role my faith has in guiding my own values and my own beliefs." - Barrack Obama "Call to Renewal" Keynote Address
 * Original Sentence:** Although he said not to worry, the implicit message was that there was bad news.
 * Photo**:
 * Memory Trick:** Implicit sounds like imply.

Ryan Woodall & Kasey Le

//Pronunciation:// [ //uh// b-**jek**-tiv //Sound Clip: [[image:http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/audio.gif width="16" height="11" link="http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?object11.wav=objective"]]// //Definition:// something toward which effort is directed : an aim, goal, or end of action //Published Sentence:// “I was once asked if a big business man ever reached his **objective.** I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man."-Charles M. Schwab //Original Sentence: The army's goal and **objective** was to find Saddam Hussein.// //Memory Trick:// contains the word object(an object is something to work towards)
 * N-S **
 * 13. Objective **- noun

//Image:// -Hana Ayele-Delayne Durdle-Jennifer Janssen

**14. Propagandist**- Noun [ prop-//uh//-**gan**-dist ] __Definition:__ ( A person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government.http://dictionary.die.net/propagandist) __Published sentence:__ //The// propagandist 's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. - Huxley, Aldous Leonard Memory Trick: In biology, "ist" means a person, and propagandist sounds similar to propaganda which is the material dissemated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause. __Original Sentence__: Hilary Clinton acted as a //propagandist// when she gave her support to the Obama campaign. Image: Ellyn Polley

1.Multiplication or increase, as by natural reproduction. 2.The process of spreading to a larger area or greater number; dissemination. 3. Physics: The act or process of propagating, especially the process by which a disturbance, such as the motion of electromagnetic or sound waves, is transmitted through a medium such as air or water (Dictionary.com)
 * 15. Propagation **- Noun.

Published Sentence: " An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it."

-Mohandas Gahndi Memory Trick: Propagation sounds like the combination of the words; propaganda and nation > propagation Image: Kieran Pereira, Brittany Evans, Maria Helgeson

Pronounciation: [|Audio Help]
 * 16. Provincial ** - adjective/noun

Definition: 1. belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local (adj.) 2. having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial (adj.) 3. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, esp. when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital (adj.) 4. a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness (noun) Published Sentence: //"Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial"// //(J.R. Salamanca)// Original Sentence: Teachers rarely look for provincial students in the search to pass their knowlegde on to the next generation. Image: Memory trick: The word province is in provincial. Think of a rural, unsophisticated province which is similar to the actual definition of provincial. Taylor Bruns Bridget Lam

** 17. Subjective **//(Adjective)// Pronunciation: (suhb-jek-tiv)

Definition: placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.; unduly egocentric.

Published Example Sentence: "It (the movie) creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and because of the superlative technical quality of the entire production." - Roger Ebert

Original Sentence: Your opinion on the matter lacks credibility due to the fact that it is subjective opinion, lacking any real facts to back it up. Memory Trick: Subjective has the word "subject" in it, so just try and remember that you have opinions that make you think a certain way about a subject, and therefore your are viewing that subject in a subjective manner.

Chris Hoerdemann, Luke Harbers, Melanie Matlock

//Pronunciation://[suhl-uhn] Definition: Showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
 * 18. Sullen- ** adjective

//Published Sentence:// To be wrathful and sullen is a sin in the christian religion. -Dr. Gerald's World Literature Original Sentence: The sullen girl lowered her frowning face as her big brother teased her in front of her friends. Image:



//Memory Tip://Sullen starts with an 'S' and so does its close synonym, 'S'omber. Kathleen Knight

T-Z __Pronunciation__:[[|ˈthē-səs]] __Definition__: a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thesis) __Published Sentence__: "//He is writing a thesis on the works of John Milton."// __Original Senctence__: The thesis of the paper on John Adams was that he was not truly responsible for the results of the Alien and Sedition Acts, it was just the result of a Federalist controlled congress. __Image__: __Memory Tip__: The thorough thesis threw the thoughts of the thirty thousand men.
 * 19. Thesis ** - Noun

Nat Murphy, Lillie Cicerchia

__Pronunciation__:[|[ˈtōn]] __Definition__: The attitude that a writer takes towards a subject or character. It may be characterized as serious, humorous, sarcastic, satirical, solemn, objective, etc. __Published Sentence__: "//We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.//" - Louis D. Brandeis __Original Sentence__: The tone of the speaker at the funeral was very solemn. __Image__: __Memory Tip:__ When you use a phone, you always have a tone.
 * 20. Tone ** - //Noun//

Andre Aung, Christine Do, & Blake Walker

__Pronunciation__: Tri-fle http://www.cooldictionary.com/say.mpl?phrase=trifle%0D%0A&voice=male&q=aa.wav __Definition__: Noun- an article or thing of very little value. Verb- to pass or spend (time) idly or frivolously or to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect __Published Sentence__: Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedoand civilization everywhere will go down in ruin. ... Henry Cabot Lodge
 * 21. Trifle **

__Image__: __Memory Tip__: "Oh how time trifles by doing nothing!" Kari Fowler and Anna DeGraaf