Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Post #3 - Euphemism


  • Pick one technique from the list you received today and create a post in which you elaborate on that technique. You need to bulk these up a bit from last nights. Use literary examples (not just from the internet but from one of your summer novel). Be sure you really get it before you try to reword it. Explain why it is important. Use images that will help you remember it.

Euphemism- "the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression forone thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. " [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/euphemism] From The Stranger, in the beginning, Meursault describes the death of his Maman and how everyone uses the "lost" or "deceased" when talking about his Maman to him.

An image: http://hoatv.homestead.com/20061128a-euphemism.gif

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