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    mentally impaired‚ injured‚or incapacitated(dictionary.com.) Disabled is a word that brings a bad astigmatism over someone with its negative connotation. Nancy Maris dislikes the word disabled because she thinks that the English language uses to much euphemism in our speech. Maris want the language to use more straightforward language‚ even if it might offend some people. In her memoir Maris talks about how she became disabled from the disease M.S. She talks about her first symptoms when she was in college

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    with his surcease success” In this quote Shakespeare has given the image that Macbeth will “assassinate” the king if he could catch all the “consequences” and worries in a big net and throw them away. Shakespeare uses the word “assassination” as a euphemism. He tries to make the word murder less gruesome and disgusting and more clean and precise. He also makes it seem less like he is doing it out of hatred and more like he is doing it for a political reason. Shakespeare shows Macbeth in a different

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    Poem: Because I Could Not Stop for Death Poet: Emily Dickinson The Historian 1. Emily Dickinson wrote over 1800 poems in her lifetime. 2. Even though Dickinson wrote hundreds of poems‚ only 11 were published in her lifetime. 3. Emily Dickenson was not a follower of traditional punctuation‚ a trait that is easily recognizable in her poems. The Summarizer In Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚ Death is personified as a courteous beau who gently insists that the speaker set aside both her “labor”

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    The Godfather The segment of ‘The Godfather’ portrays many ideas of belonging. The scene involves the climax of the movie‚ where Michael Corleone is revealed as the next “godfather”‚ by shows another side of Corleone. There are many signs that suggest that Michael Corleone fits in and belongs in the mafia just like his father. The double life of the mafia shows the sense of belonging. The scene shows a montage of many plots of murders. The double life of Michael Corleone‚ the mafia and his family

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    man” (Parker‚ 12). The passage forced me to consider just how thankless and selfless caregiving should really be. I haven’t really come to an answer yet‚ but I’m working on it. I’m also working on using terms such as “died” and “death” instead of euphemisms‚ as Parker urges. I find myself switching back and forth between my opinions on using such harsh language. I can understand that death is inevitable‚ and that the stigma society places upon the action may only be rectified by discussing it. However

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    So‚ what about being buried in the sky? We’ll have to go all the way to the southwest of china. The Tibet. For Tibetans the most common and regular funerals are the Sky Burials‚ which consists of cutting a person’s body in “strategic” places (euphemism for “likely to attract wildlife”) and placing the loved one on top of a mountain or temple. Then just wait for the magic to happen! The magic being that the vultures will then pick apart the flesh until what’s left is a pile of bones‚ which are either

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    exercise of finely honed physical talents is. Furthermore‚ many sports are dangerous. But boxing is the sport that has as its object the infliction of pain and injury. Its crowning achievement is the infliction of serious trauma on the brain. The euphemism for boxing is “the art of self-defense.” No. A rose is a rose is a rose‚ and a user fee is a revenue enhancer is a tax increase‚ and boxing is aggression. It is probable that there will be a rising rate of spinal cord injuries and deaths in

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    speech‚ Enoch Powell used his effective enough to strengthen his. He grouped people together using argument from omniscience‚ making the people wonder if they were part of the minority that he was talking about. There were also a large amount of euphemisms and connotations to have people more intrigued and nervous about what he was speaking of. He referred to the immigrants as evil multiple times to make sure that everyone would believe him and agree on the fact that they were an evil group of

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    Language Feature Definition General Effect Example Explanation of Example Metaphor Comparison of one thing to another. It says “that one thing IS another” Can visualise object clearly to comparison drawn “skull-like coconuts” “the sea is a hungry dog” Allows us to imagine the colour and shape and texture of the coconuts being deadly hard dented and discoloured like skulls. Personification Giving something human characteristics Bring the object to life The sea stretched

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    Within “The Giver”‚ there is a world designed to be and function flawlessly. Life is supposed to run smoothly‚ such as assigned jobs based on skill and even far as having no suffering or pain. Following this design‚ there are certain words used by the society that justify regulations and ultimately effects on the people. Three words used by the people are “Elsewhere‚” Stirrings”‚ and “Comfort Objects”. When read‚ words may sound misplaced but they are created with purpose and make sense. People

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