This past week I have used a few rhetorical devices such as
sarcasm, euphemism and lie. When I was with my friend I used Euphemism to
persuade her to go somewhere I knew she didn’t want to go. “Euphemism is a
replacement of a term that has negative association by neutral or positive
term.” (Page 83) I use euphemism almost everyday. The second device I found
myself using is Sarcasm which is used to ridicule and insult. I am a very
sarcastic person and sometimes I can go over board. When my friend was asking a
question she new the answer to I replied with a little sarcasm. I am not a liar
but I did use the Rhetorical device of lying. I hate being questioned about whom
I am with and where I am going from my parents especially because I have not
lived with them for almost 4 years. Instead of me answering their questions correctly
I told them the opposite of what they wanted to hear. A lie is used to mislead
someone.
I also have a really sarcastic personality. Sometimes it ends up backfiring on me when i first meet people because they think im serious at first so i have to reassure them that I'm only saying it as a joke. I really enjoy misleading some people just to see how they react to certain things such as when people ask me "whats your favorite movie?" I always respond with "Human centipede" only because it is a disgusting movie and people are always like wait really? and i assure them that it's not. I think it's funny to see the look on their face whenever i say something like that.
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend is the epitome of sarcasm. He cannot function throughout the day without giving somebody some sort of sarcastic remark, repsonse or look. He uses it to ridcule or insult, or just be silly. He even uses sarcasm to handle arguments and serious situations. He uses his rhetorical device to the extreme and I find it somewhat direspectuful at times. So obviously i can relate completely to your use of the device.
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