Power - each colour represents a possible point

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  • Created by: tardy
  • Created on: 03-02-22 11:26
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  • Power - Influence
    • Politics
      • euphemisms
        • collateral damage / enhanced interrogation
          • These can be used to reduce the shocking effect of talking about death/torture
          • **** Cheney, Afghanistan war
      • George Orwell
        • Criticised use of the passive voice
          • Donald Trump: 'The election was rigged' (who by?)
            • Omits the agent
              • Makes it sound as if a conspiracy taking place
    • Advertising
      • Euphemism
        • adj.: 'fun-size' to distract from smaller product
      • Use of comparative adjectives
        • 'faster' 'better'
          • Often does not specify faster than what
    • Reclamation
      • Way of shifting power by accepting an insult/ derogatory term
        • Trump reclaimed noun 'deplorables' to describe his supporters
        • The n-word - used by black Americans as a symbol of brotherhood/ belonging
    • Rhetorical techniques
      • Speeches
        • Antithesis (we go to the moon not because it is easy but because it is hard - Kennedy)
        • Use of first person pronouns to suggest unity: we/us

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