Hitler's Use Of Emotive Language

Emotive language is all around us and most of encounter it every day, even if we do not realize it. It can be used to express or explain the way we feel or it can be used by us or others to illicit feelings or a reaction from another person or persons. It can be uplifting and give people hope or it can be filled with hate and turn people toward violence. Emotive language can be powerful enough to bring people together or tear them apart and it frequently leads to misunderstandings and miscommunication. One reason that emotive language can create problems is the way a speaker or writer is using the language. If the person is using the language as a tool to manipulate or persuade other people into behaving or feeling a certain way it can lead to a lot of misunderstandings and create very big issues. Many of the world’s most powerful leaders, both good and bad, used emotive language to gain support. Adolf Hitler was very passionate about his beliefs and he was able to sway many people to his way of thinking. He was also able to convince many others that he was a great and wonderful leader and he did a lot of this by using emotive language. Many of his supporters were fooled, because they failed to realize that emotive …show more content…
Sometimes the understanding that we have of an emotive word, like love or hate, is a very different from the understanding another person has of the same word. If you were to ask ten people what they believe love is, you would probably get ten different answers. How we define emotive words depends a lot on our own personal experiences, beliefs, and perceptions. Emotions can be very messy and very personal, so it makes sense that the words that we use to describe them would be a little hard to define. We need to remember to use clear language and facts along with our emotive language if we want to make ourselves understood and avoid needless