Euphemism

English 2 Final Exam Professor Agassiz is a very open minded and stubborn yet inspiring teacher. He not only expected the most out of his students but didn’t mind waiting for the students to develop their minds where their observational skills would come in handy to the full potential. He would let you know as to what it was that you were missing or simply not getting but wouldn’t exactly walk you through it. He would leave the learning part to the student, not because he didn’t want to do the…

Also before the case, the thought of challenging segregation was not a popular thought. It almost viewed as impossible. Stones (2012) explain how society changed after the Supreme Court opinion, “…Brown changed the moral climate of race and politics in the United States, “ (p.349). In the arena of international human rights, the United Nations came up with several declarations to protect the rights of humans. One of the declarations that Stone (2012) mentions is the 1969 International…

However, if you really want to convey that your current emotions are more important to you than proper social conduct, one might use emphatic swearing. Another version of this type of swearing is Pinker's third category, dysphemistic swearing. A euphemism is an acceptable word that allows you to speak about something unpleasant and show that you recognize that the subject is uncomfortable. Dysphemistic swearing does the opposite. For instance, if you wanted to sound professional you would not…

when the narrator calls the children “baby girl” and “baby boy”. This is used to emphasize how young the children are and thus stress there innocence. Another structural device used to support “Reach Out and Touch’s” theme of xenophobia is euphemism. Euphemism is used in line’s four through five. In these lines the two children touch the back of the black woman’s neck. The narrator describes the children’s fingers as “dipping” into the black woman’s neck. Rather than saying the children touched…

just a way to justify the pigs’ treacherous actions. By changing the 7 Commandments, the animals cannot defy the pigs without defying the principles of the Rebellion and it provides the pigs with an unopposed rule. Also, Squealer’s speeches and euphemisms help control the animals whenever there is a controversy to the pigs’ actions (Orwell…

While reading the passage, my image of Nancy Mairs was destroyed because i assumed something else because of the word “crippled. She presents herself with such boldness and ferocity, it’s as if she is saying “ i am crippled, but i don’t let it affect me”. She feels so formidable in the eyes of the readers, which is the first impression that i see as she speaks. Nancy Mairs is crippled, but just like Morrie form “Tuesdays with Morrie” she doesn’t let it have too much of an effect. Crippled is a…

Paul Robert’s use of connotative and colloquial diction in “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” contributes to the humorous tone. For instance, Robert’s use of anecdotes distract his readers from the tedious concept of writing a college essay. “Picture poor old Alfy coming home from football practice every evening, bruised and aching, agonizingly tired, scarcely able to shovel mashed potatoes into his mouth (Roberts 4). Roberts effectively provides insight for his readers on how to make an essay…

The structure of the military is responsible for soldiers committing cruel and unnecessary acts. For example, the My Lai massacre and the abuses at the Abu-Ghraib prison in Iraq are great illustrations of this. Kelman and Hamilton (1989) in “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience” did not only write about what occurred during the My Lai massacre, but expanded on WHY the military personnel engaged in this horrible act. Their main explanation is that the structure of the military…

offhandedly saying what he means throughout. He reveals that he did love his late wife when he gets lost in admiration as he describes her. However, it quickly turns when he remembers “all and each would draw from her alike the approving speech.” Using euphemisms, the duke indirectly admits to having his wife murdered by saying, “I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together.” Smiles symbolize his wife’s life, as she smiled at everything, until she died. The monologue is an example of the…

Every human being faces two certainties in life, one is birth and the other is death. While birth is a joyful occasion that is celebrated and announced to everyone, death is often hidden in North American society. In the Slender Margin by Eve Joseph attempts to use an interdisciplinary approach in order to explore death and the differing perspectives towards it. She uses historical accounts, religious beliefs, personal memories, and literature in order to present the reader with various…