- Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing‚ some abstract quality‚ an inanimate object‚ or a nonexistent character. 5. Assonance - Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. 6. Euphemism - The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit. 7. Hyperbole - An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. 8. Irony - The use of words to
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pay strike benefits of $55 per week to striking UPS workers. With these factors taken into consideration‚ UPS representatives entered contract negotiations prepared to play hardball. They demanded a 7-year contract and “general flexibility‚” a euphemism for never-ending concessions regarding work rules. They wanted to convert more full-time positions into part-time work‚ reduce vacation days‚ holidays and personal days‚ and eliminate union jobs by making highway drivers self-employed
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appears in definitions‚ and when it does the definition is a persuasive definition and sets the stage for a false argument. Also‚ emotionally charged language includes not only words that generate emotions but also words that suppress them‚ such as euphemisms. First‚ the Straw Man Fallacy misrepresents another person’s argument in order to one’s argument seem stronger. Also a person will deliberately not state specific information to falsify their argument and weaken the other person’s argument. For
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‘The poems ‘Remember’‚ ‘Piano’ and ‘Poem at Thirty-nine’ all explore melancholy emotions.’ How far do you agree with this statement? ‘Poem at Thirty-nine’ and ‘Piano’ explore melancholy emotions while ‘Remember’ does not in my opinion. The reasons I do no completely agree is because the three poems all have hidden feelings and meanings. ‘Poem at Thirty-nine’ shows melancholy emotions because it presents the loss of the persona’s father and ‘Piano’ portrays how D.H. Lawrence misses his childhood
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It shows the effectiveness of euphemism and vagueness. The people did not appreciate the straight forward statement‚ it may be because of the harshness and the reality that shocks the reader. The difference in the preference of the programs shows how human beings are more likely to prefer the positive facts than the negatives; Program A had seventy-two percent preferences. This can show how language has the power to convey something disastrous‚ however‚ in a euphemism way‚ in which the reader will
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EVE TEASING Our society is suffering from many social evils at this moment. One of the worst evils is the Eve Teasing. Now eve teasing is the one of the main threats for bangladesh because it is destroying the social balance. Eve teasing is a euphemism used for public sexual harassment‚ street harassment or molestation of women by men‚ with eve being a reference to the biblical Eve. It usually involves young men annoying girls or women by making sexual harassment in public place or in the working
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people "wince‚" "Perhaps I want them to wince. I want them to see me as a tough customer‚ one to whom the fates‚ gods‚ viruses have not been kind‚ but who can face the brutal truth of her existence squarely. As a cripple‚ I swagger". She muses on the euphemisms that are used by others‚ concluding that they describe no one because "Society is no readier to accept crippledness than to accept death‚ war‚ sex‚ sweat‚ or wrinkles." Mairs describes the uncertainty of a diagnosis early on‚ the kind of person
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reminding the nurse to be cultural sensitive in caring process. For instances‚ nurses may consider characteristics of Chinese people. Chinese always avoid the word dead which is a symbol of unauspicious. They can tacit communication approach like euphemism which is indirect words using the end of life. Nurses may apply therapeutic communication strategies: -To be client-focused‚ problem-oriented and situational based -Classified as supportive-expressive‚ analytic and consultative -Directive and
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We hope that in doing this we will not only be able to lower health costs but also limit the amount of illness in our country. This will be saving many lives and also helping many ill people to live better lives. Key · bold= Euphemism ·
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I. SEMANTIC CHANGE. TYPES OF SEMANTIC CHANGE. The development and change of the semantic structure of a word is always a source of qualitative and quantitative development of the vocabulary. All the types discussed depend upon some comparison between the earlier (whether extinct or still in use) and the new meaning of the given word. This comparison may be based on the difference between notions expressed or referents in the real world that are pointed out‚ on the type of psychological association
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