Euphemism

opinions. He wrote “Its goal was to raise awareness of the activities of Joseph Kony … in the hope of bringing him to justice.” Naughton used the euphemism “bringing him to justice” instead of writing “causing him to come before a court for trial” or “him receiving punishment for his misdeeds.” As “justice” has a positive connotation of stopping evil, the euphemism made readers believe stopping Kony is a good and just thing. In addition, emotive language portrayed Kony in a negative light. The…

society. She supports her claim by utilizing the logos of scientific arguments, establishes ethos by using her status as a woman (who has spent her life fighting for women’s rights) to declare the barrier between the male/female genders, as well as euphemism to present potentially offending ideas formally. Furthermore, Burkett assesses what it means to be a woman on the trans spectrum, but more so according to the brain’s chemical responsiveness to the binary “male and female” genders. Her…

overall effects of migration. The purpose of his analysis to Rushdie’s essay is to end people from moving and taking their ideas and practices with them to new places, because it causes destruction to new regions unsuitable to their ways. Sanders’s euphemism, anaphora, and rhetorical questions help support his ideas on why migration is bad for humans and the environment.…

and work for the SS soldiers and the treatment was brutal and demanding. When The SS forced the prisoners to run and not give up, Wiesel remembers, “Their fingers on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of this pleasure” (85). This is a euphemism to express a cleaner way of saying that the soldiers loved the pain the men were getting out of themselves while running and the same goes for killing the ones who gave up, in other words, they enjoyed it. The style emphasised here is simple so…

This extract opens with an imperative “let the darkness enter”, this immerses the reader into the narrative, without giving a setting or narrative voice. Since the voice of the protagonist is absent from the opening it brings into question who the imperative is addressing, and could suggests a possible disassociation of Berg (the protagonist) from himself, or the narrative. The use of adjectives “embalmed” “mummified” before clarifying what the object of these adjectives is, creates a foreboding…

have this issue in the future. After many immigrants started moving to Britain, people reacted very negatively. One of the major causes of that was because of Enoch Powell's speech. He used many rhetorical devices such as hypophora, anaphora, and euphemisms. His use of ethos, pathos, and logos also made his speech very effective. By using proper devices in his speech and using little fallacies Powell's speech was effective enough to make people react in negative ways to…

July 9,1942 Anne Frank and her family went into hiding. The reason why they went into hiding made an emotion of grief because Margot ,Anne's older sister, got a call-up notice. That is when you are supposed to get sent to a concentration camp. The euphemism used by the Nazis where "an area free of Jews " and "cleaning operation". The historical content where Anne Frank is writing is in a secret annex in Amsterdam , Netherlands during world war 2.Anne's emotions at the beginning of her diary will…

The subject of spirituality and its connection to identity is difficult to communicate in writing but as a poet, Aldrich produces profound ideas that are open for interpretation to readers. The theme of identity is effectively communicated through euphemisms and intelligent descriptions. Allen, Phyllis. “Leaving Identity Issues to Other Folks.” This I Believe, NPR, 11 July 2005, thisibelieve.org/essay/26/. Phyllis Allen outlines…

Jonathan Legro SLAV 379 Video Games in Russian Kayla Grumbles Reflection: George Orwell and Censorship “He who is not with us, is against us” is able to sum up Russia and their point of view of the world; this is also more relevant today especially with recent assassination attempt of an ex-KGB officer Sergei Skripal, with a military grade nerve-agent, and the mysterious death of another within months of each other. The consensus among the International Community (IC) the that perpetrator of…

Water is dripping from the corner of the tent and people are trying to get warm in the slum. Who wants their family sleeping in these conditions? “Camping for Their Lives” by Scott Bransford points out that the tent city is a good community for homeless people but they need better facilities. He uses appeal to emotion effectively, techniques to persuade the reader and interviews to support his argument, but he does not provide enough information about maintenance the weaker side. This article…