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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Does the phrase make sense?

Do you understand this:

"...a personality mural, i.e., a set of photographs or paintings representing chemistry scientists, is projected in the wall and students are asked to elicit what they know about them..."

thanks in advance!
  

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'Personality' sounds wrong—the word more often refers to personal characteristics—and for 'mural' I would substitute 'collage' or 'pastiche', I think. And simply 'chemists'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Personality' sounds wrong—the word more often refers to personal characteristics—and for 'mural' I would substitute 'collage' or 'pastiche', I think.
  • And simply 'chemists'.
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'Personality' sounds wrong—the word more often refers to personal characteristics—and for 'mural' I would substitute 'collage' or 'pastiche', I think. And simply 'chemists'.
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Then what if I change it like this:

“… a collage of photographs or portraits representing famous chemists is projected on a screen and students are asked to report what they know about them…”

That is if:
“Screen” can stand for “a wall where it is projected” as well as a proper projection screen?
“Portraits” are images made by painters and not captured by a camera?
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Anonymous“Screen” can stand for “a wall where it is projected” as well as a proper projection screen?“Portraits” are images made by painters and not captured by a camera?To elicit about something is to report one’s ideas about it? “elicit” was a good choice?
Yes, yes and yes.
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