Word: topicalism
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Foil, Agarwalla explains, is a literary device “which refers to points in the poem where the poet does not directly praise the victor, but instead uses another topic or theme to create a contrast which then affects the praise...
Towards the end of the speech, he turned to the topic of race relations. Baron Cohen, who is white, has caught flak for drawing heavily upon racial stereotypes in the past...
Lavin’s topic is not a new issue in philosophy, and Lavin wrote that he builds on previous research...
Last year, comedian Ferrell’s Class Day speech on the announced topic of “Straight Talk” soon bloomed into an Old School laughfest, complete with an inspirational falsetto lyric performed over the strummed acoustic chords of “Dust in the Wind.” So those filing into the space between Memorial Church and Widener Library today should expect plenty of fun-poking and slang-slinging if Ali G, indeed, comes out to play...
...Inaugural Lecture Series at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study in 2001. In a 2002 Institute of Politics Forum, he debated University President Lawrence H. Summers on the implications of globalization after Sept. 11—although the two economists differed little in their basic opinions on the topic...