Week 25 Flashcards
Gatsby Chapter 8
Part of Speech: Adjective; Definition: Unable to be explained or understood; Original Sentence: “There was an ~~~ amount of dust everywhere…”; Additional Example: It was ~~~ how the cat managed to open the door on its own.
inexplicable
Part of Speech: Adjective; Definition: Showing no concern for right or wrong; Original Sentence: “He took what he could get, ravenously and ~~~ly—eventually he took Daisy one still October night…”; Additional Example: The politician ~~~ly manipulated the facts to gain an advantage.
unscrupulous
Part of Speech: Verb; Definition: Forming wrinkles or ridges on a surface; Original Sentence: “A small gust of wind that scarcely ~~~ the surface was enough to disturb its accidental course…”; Additional Example: “It’s in a ~~~ metal building that used to be a garage.”
corrugated
Part of Speech: Adjective; Definition: Happening by happy chance or good luck; Original Sentence: “…where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted ~~~ly about…”; Additional Example: “It had been obtained by one of those ~~~ coincidences that sometimes produce great journalism.”
fortuitous
fortuitous
Part of Speech: Adjective; Definition: Happening by happy chance or good luck; Original Sentence: “…where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted ~~~ly about…”; Additional Example: “It had been obtained by one of those ~~~ coincidences that sometimes produce great journalism.”
corrugated
Part of Speech: Verb; Definition: Forming wrinkles or ridges on a surface; Original Sentence: “A small gust of wind that scarcely ~~~ the surface was enough to disturb its accidental course…”; Additional Example: “It’s in a ~~~ metal building that used to be a garage.”
unscrupulous
Part of Speech: Adjective; Definition: Showing no concern for right or wrong; Original Sentence: “He took what he could get, ravenously and ~~~ly—eventually he took Daisy one still October night…”; Additional Example: The politician ~~~ly manipulated the facts to gain an advantage.
inexplicable
Part of Speech: Adjective; Definition: Unable to be explained or understood; Original Sentence: “There was an ~~~ amount of dust everywhere…”; Additional Example: It was ~~~ how the cat managed to open the door on its own.
“A type of figurative language characterized by exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example: “My parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.” —J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
The narrator, Holden Caulfield, wants to emphasize how much disapproval his parents would show if he told the reader anything about them. They would not actually be rushed to the doctor and diagnosed with “two hemorrhages apiece” if they made an appearance in the book.
(Definition and example retrived and lightly modified from grammarly.com)”
hyperbole
“A figure of speech that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason. Oscar Wilde’s famous declaration that ““Life is much too important to be taken seriously”” is a ~~~. At first it seems contradictory because important things are meant to be taken seriously, but Wilde’s suggestion is that, the more important something is, the more important it is not to take it seriously.
Some additional key details:
People often use the word ~~~ simply to express their astonishment at something unexpected or enigmatic, but this is a misuse of the word.
In the study of logic, ~~~es have a slightly different meaning than the one we cover in this entry. Logical ~~~es are statements that actually do contradict themselves, and are therefore unresolvable.
Note:
* An oxymoron is a specific type of ~~~—one that boils its contradiction down to just a few words. The most recognizable oxymorons are two word pairs, such as ""sweet sorrow,"" but they can extend across a phrase as well. * While an oxymoron is usually made up of just two words, a ~~~ can be expressed in many different ways, as a concept or a description of a situation. * So when, in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet tells Romeo that ""parting is such sweet sorrow,"" the oxymoron ""sweet sorrow"" suggests a deeper ~~~ at play: that Juliet's pain at parting with Romeo even for a night is cause for joy, since it testifies to the strength of their love. However, this same ~~~ could also be expressed without the use of the poetic oxymoron, for instance if Juliet were simply to say something like ""my sorrow makes me happy.""
(Definition retrieved and lightly modified from litcharts.com)”
paradox
paradox
“A figure of speech that seems to contradict itself, but which, upon further examination, contains some kernel of truth or reason. Oscar Wilde’s famous declaration that ““Life is much too important to be taken seriously”” is a ~~~. At first it seems contradictory because important things are meant to be taken seriously, but Wilde’s suggestion is that, the more important something is, the more important it is not to take it seriously.
Some additional key details:
People often use the word ~~~ simply to express their astonishment at something unexpected or enigmatic, but this is a misuse of the word.
In the study of logic, ~~~es have a slightly different meaning than the one we cover in this entry. Logical ~~~es are statements that actually do contradict themselves, and are therefore unresolvable.
Note:
* An oxymoron is a specific type of ~~~—one that boils its contradiction down to just a few words. The most recognizable oxymorons are two word pairs, such as ""sweet sorrow,"" but they can extend across a phrase as well. * While an oxymoron is usually made up of just two words, a ~~~ can be expressed in many different ways, as a concept or a description of a situation. * So when, in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet tells Romeo that ""parting is such sweet sorrow,"" the oxymoron ""sweet sorrow"" suggests a deeper ~~~ at play: that Juliet's pain at parting with Romeo even for a night is cause for joy, since it testifies to the strength of their love. However, this same ~~~ could also be expressed without the use of the poetic oxymoron, for instance if Juliet were simply to say something like ""my sorrow makes me happy.""
(Definition retrieved and lightly modified from litcharts.com)”
hyperbole
“A type of figurative language characterized by exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example: “My parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.” —J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
The narrator, Holden Caulfield, wants to emphasize how much disapproval his parents would show if he told the reader anything about them. They would not actually be rushed to the doctor and diagnosed with “two hemorrhages apiece” if they made an appearance in the book.
(Definition and example retrived and lightly modified from grammarly.com)”
