Summary In the essay “The World of Doublespeak‚” William Lutz reveals the facts and dangers of doublespeak language which is used in all over the world. He begins with several examples of doublespeak and then‚ explains how to spot doublespeak. Lutz describes that doublespeak is "language that conceals or prevents thought; rather than extending thought‚ doublespeak limits it” (419).Doublespeak is language deliberately constructed to cover its actual meaning and it makes the bad seem good and the
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Analysis of Lutz Doubts About Doublespeak by William Lutz is a very interesting piece that I would highly recommend for everyone to read. He gives a very clear picture of what “Doublespeak” is and how it is used in our society every day. Lutz purpose is to promote his speech to a mass audience and try to inform as many citizens as possible about the deceptive qualities that doublespeak contains. With his great examples and clear explanations he gets his point across to his primary and secondary
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it something important when it is not. William Lutz wrote about how a band could call a robbery just a authorized transaction. A bank in Texas did this as their ATM was stolen. (Lutz‚ para. 3.) The descriptive writing pattern used by this writer is specific language. I feel that he uses this pattern extremely well. Lutz choice or words and the way In which he described situations made it clear to understand and visualize the situations he described. Lutz wrote out a few terms that that companies
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Amanda Davies Kristin Thiry English 1510: Composition 1 July 25th‚ 2012 Speaking Doubles William Lutz was an American linguistic‚ born December 12‚ 1940‚ who specialized in the use of plain language and the avoidance of deceptive language. Lutz received a master’s degree in English at Marquette University in 1963‚ his doctorate in 1971 from University of Nevada‚ Reno‚ and then began teaching as a professor at Rutger’s University’s campus in Camden‚ New Jersey that same year. He didn’t retire
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1. What principle does Lutz use for creating his four kinds of doublespeak-that is‚what mainly distinguishes the groups? Lutz’s principle of classification is the intention of doublespeakers.Those who use euphemisms are trying to “mislead or deceive” with inoffensive words. Those who use jargon seek to give their words “an air of profundity‚ authority‚ and prestige” .Those who use gobbledygook or bureaucratese are bent on “overwhelming the audience with words” . And those who use inflated language
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Through many of his poems‚ William Carlos Williams presents the reality of poverty among a great portion of the American society. Within Williams’ work of Selected Poems‚ he not only reveals the trapped lifestyle of those living in poverty‚ but he also represents the horror of the war between social classes along with the coinciding war on the poor. Williams’ use of plutonic images among these poems provides powerful meaning to his argument of American societal values‚ claiming the men of America
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121-143 February 19‚ 2013 Summary of “Doublespeak” “The World of Doublespeak” “The World of Doublespeak” from the book English 121 Readings was written by William Lutz. This essay defines what doublespeak is and gives examples of types of doublespeak. Lutz also explains why doublespeak is not an effective form of communication. Lutz defines doublespeak as “...language that pretends to communicate but really doesn’t. It is language that makes the bad seem good‚ the negative appear positive
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opponent’s name as in the new election coming up between Obama and Romney. Yet is this all propaganda really is? Or is there something more that is never discussed about propaganda? This essay will be summarizing and discussing three from Orwell‚ Lutz ‚ and Woolfolk about propaganda and the English language. The reader will gain a better understanding about what propaganda really is and how it is used and how to avoid getting tricked by it. The first article by George Orwell is out of his book
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Adhikari Jerome Parent English 121-56I 04/04/2012 The World of Doublespeak. In 1989 William Lutz published a book called “Doublespeak” which talked about how doublespeak has been used in our day to day communication from the public to the government. Doublespeak is usually referred as a language to misguide the audience or it is a language
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“With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” is an article written by William Lutz‚ explaining the tactics of marketers to sell their products. It is an excerpt from his book Doublespeak‚ published in 1990. William Lutz has been called “the George Orwell of the 1990s”‚ and indeed many of his books are titled in direct reference to Orwell’s works. Lutz claims in his article that there’s a big conspiracy where the people trying to sell us things are giving us ineffective products disguised as something
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