Doublespeak

Rhetorical Language in Product and Political Advertisements In our lives we see examples of how propaganda and doublespeak, or “tricky” language, are used daily. Propaganda is a way of persuasion, usually misleading, that is used for both good and bad reasons. Doublespeak is language that is usually used to misguide people through hidden meaning and a stretching of the truth. Both of these types of language are used widely by political leaders and in many product advertisements. Propaganda,…

and those who doublespeak are in our daily lives, but how are they different from each other? In “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson and “The World of Doublespeak” by William Lutz, they portray doublespeak and lies as being similar with very few differences. Similarities between those that doublespeak and lie are how both mislead and deceive others. The results of such can be harmful. First of all, liars and double-speakers within “The Ways We Lie” and “The World of Doublespeak” have similar…

leadership and the abiding animals. Animal Farm’s plot heavily focuses on the shifting leadership and the impact each leader has on the animals. I best interpret the manipulation of the animals when I relate it to the Aristotelian appeals and forms of doublespeak. Napoleon and Squealer manipulate the animals with language in order to achieve what they desired. Even though Old Major and Snowball have good intentions, unlike Napoleon and Squealer, they still use deceiving devices as well.…

The effectiveness of writing can be most simply be determined by its ability to sufficiently display a message across the the reader. Every piece of literature contains a message, whether blatantly obvious or hidden under written complexities. These messages, however, have a much stronger appeal to the audience while encompassed in personal interjections and anecdotes. When the reader can connect to the author, their message is much more effective and personal to the reader as opposed to cold…

Miller and Lutz note to the public that politicians resort to the use of propaganda, logical fallacies, and doublespeak to better their speeches and have an emotional take on there audience. With a thoughtful examination of Bush’s September 20, 2001 speech provides strong evidence that Miller, Lutz, and Clark would criticize the speech writers for their excessive use of propaganda, doublespeak, and logical…

Cliché is a word or sentence which is overused. For example, back in sec., meaning I will be back in short period of the time. If we think about this example, would you rather use back in sec., in business conversation, or I will be back in short period of the time? I think the answer is obvious, because business conversation should be based on professionally selected words. This kind of cliché is also a lie, because in all cases, it’s impossible to be back from anywhere in just one second. I…

Doublespeak: an Ironic End to Ethical Civilization What would life be like if government controlled all radios, televisions, and newspaper? Imagine being told that only one thing acceptable is to believe. Imagine if an individual is told what to speak, what to think, how to act, and who to trust. North Korea is a communist country in Asia. Just a couple of weeks ago, North Korea celebrated 66th anniversary of their government’s ideals. In Pyongyang, the country’s capital, massive groups of…

in the business community. The last barrier to business communication is doublespeak which is the use of words to disguise, obscure, or change the meaning of the words. Doublespeak distort or change the meaning of words to try and trick the listeners but this will eventually lead into lost of trust as buyers or investors need to listen to the actual words a product or business can do. Examples of doublespeak is expressing death penult as capital punishment, trying to trick listeners…

the author’s purpose of establishing a connection between reader and writer. Despite the format, many public figures use propaganda and “doublespeak” to confuse the ignorant and uninformed: “doublespeak … makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant attractive, or at least tolerable” (Lutz 248-49). Currently, politicians use doublespeak in an attempt to gain voter support; however, their speeches are so general it does not claim anything despite occasional use of…

the tactics that the author discusses is “The Plain-Folks Appeal” where propagandist make the public thing that they have a connection to them, either by telling them that they are just like them or telling their life stories which may or may not be true. In an essay from the course text, “Propaganda: How Not to Be Bamboozled” the author describes how it works, “The plain-folks appeal is at work when candidates go around shaking hands with factory workers, kissing babies in supermarkets, and…