EUPHIMISM (Euphemistic Language)

It means politically correct words or phrases: Use proper words to replace the inappropriate ones.

There are a quote from Noam Chomsky “Words changed but the meaning remained”

The functions of euphemism are to:

1. To hide the reality

2. Not offend people

3. To be more academic

4. Be more proper

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

It is the process of comparing thematic words and phrases between two writings from different genre.

“The words may be the same but the meanings may not” quote from Michel Foucalt.

a) Appropriateness depends on context

b) Honest and direct language

c) There are not such things as positive and negative words

Discourse Analysis

In our class today we learn about Discourse Analysis. The content of this discourse analysis are:

a) Point of view

b) Thematic words or phrases

c) Ideology

At first I thought it was difficult, but actually it was quite easy. It was the process of changing the narrative essay into a more academic essay. We are given a narrative essay written by Sir Mark entitled SO LONG OLD FRIEND. The essay is about cigarettes. We have to change it into an academic essay. It was quite fun because there are words such as johns which means the toilet (maybe) and Pak Mansor which means Prime Minister. Today also I learn a new abbreviation for creating a title.

PLATO’S MYTH OF THE CAVE

Today in our class, we are given a story from Sir Mark. The story is about prisoners, living in an underground cave from they were young. The treatment they received was not acceptable because it was torturing. They learned and observed the shadows and images they saw in the cave and to them that are the truth until one day an old man free one of the prisoners. But still, the prisoner can’t believe that all that he saw for many years was illusions.

Based on the story, we have to answers some questions. Firstly, we have to choose a setting or reality that similar to the story. The task must be done in a group of 3 people. Me, Azza and Ili were in one group and we chose family. We must give our opinion on the following object and what symbolizes each of them. In our opinion, each of these objects symbolizes:

1. The prisoners as the children
2. The chains as the rules and punishment
3. The fire as the love and affections
4. The shadows and images as the money the parents give
5. The puppet players as the parents
6. The old man as the individuals.

Overall, I think what we learn today is interesting because Sir Mark gives us to watch a video about the story and with that, we can see what the story was about.