The Power of Language
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Write 2 pages on the power of language. Use 2 of our 5 authors we have read, discussed, presented and heard about regarding challenges, limitations and/or the pains of learning, using, adjusting, reacting to the society’s expectations. Examine how language is viewed by the dominant race and one’s sense of identity. Think about how a person feels when s/he is not accepted by the majority. Below are some of the issues raised by our authors:
rich vs. poor
literate vs. illiterate
understanding vs. confusion
traditional vs. nontraditional
standard vs. nonstandard
familiar vs. unfamiliar
exclusiveness vs. inclusiveness
Please make sure that you use at least one quote from one author and one from another to prove your points and opinions on ‘language”
This is what i made:
Language is
a tool to help people communicate with each other.
It can become a bridge to understand others.
Every country has their own unique language.
records history.
can show people’s abilities, strengths, weakness, thoughts
transfers knowledge
can be used as a political weapon
can hurt
can protect and defend justice
can divide the population of the world in different groups
can develop the community, the country and the world
can unite people together
can recall memory
can be used as propaganda to manipulate people’s minds
can educate to improve one’s progress
a creation and representation of a culture and its traditions
is inherited from one generation to the next
helps understand a new culture
POSSIBLE THESIS STATEMENTS:
The power of language verbs: can/is used to/is able to/is useful for/
phrases:a political weapon that can destroy a person’s identity.
TS: Language can be used as a political weapon that can destroy a person’s identity.
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