Friday, December 21, 2012

Ender's Game-Rotation #1-Word Warlock

Title: Ender's Game
Author: Orson Scottcaro
Pages: 0-300
Job: Word Warlock


   Ambiguous:



  • Adjective
  • Definition: Having more than one possible meaning.
  • Synonyms: equivocal, evasive, double meaning...
  • "They both renounced their religion -- your mother was a Mormon--
but in fact their feelings are still ambiguous."(Scottcaro 22)
    Jackal:


  • Noun
  • Definition: A wild dog that hunts in groups.
  • There are different types of jackal: African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, fox, hyena...
  • "There are worse things than being Third, worse things than big brother who can't make up his mind wheter to be a human being or a jackal."(Scottcaro 25)
    Vengeance: 


  • Noun
  • Definition: The feeling of wanting to do something bad to someone who has done something bad to you.
  • Synonyms: revenge, payoff, retaliation...
  • "He didn't plan to get vengeance on Bonzo for hitting him."( Scottcaro 96)
    Hegemony:


  • Noun
  • Definition: 1.The position of being the strongest and most powerful and therefore 
able to control others.
                         2. Domination.
  • Synonyms: predominance, leadership, control...
  • "Because as long as people are afraid of the buggers, the I.F. can stay in power, 
and as long as I.F. is in the power, certain countries can keep their hegemony." ( Scottcaro 110)

4 comments:

  1. You choose words that I didn't know, thank you for explaining them. Great job Andjela! :D

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  2. It's funny that i wrote Vengeance, and Hegemony down because i didn't know these words. I looked it up and i found out their meaning, but to be honest your explanations are much better. Good Job! :D

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  3. Thank you for picking hegemony! I had no idea what that was, and it is mentioned in the book so many times! I really like the good explanations you made for all the words. :)

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  4. Good choice of words, and it's good that you also include evidence of where you found them. Keep up the good work!

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