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Understanding Emotive Language: Its Uses and Examples, Slides of Technical English
The concept of emotive language, its definition, and its various uses in spoken and written communication. Emotive language is a persuasive tool that aims to evoke emotional responses from readers or listeners. examples of emotive language in news articles and offers a list of emotive words, including adjectives, abstract nouns, verbs, and emotive adverbs.
What you will learn
- What are some examples of emotive language in news articles?
- What words are considered emotive and why?
- What is emotive language and how is it used?
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Emotive language
What is emotive
language?
Emotive language is the term used when certain
word choices are made to evoke an emotional
response in the reader.
This kind of language often aims to persuade the
reader or listener to share the writer or speaker’s
point of view, using language to stimulate an
emotional reaction.
Examples of Emotive Language in news
- An innocent bystander was murdered in cold blood in Downtown Chicago.
- The words “ innocent ” and “murdered” and the phrase “ in cold blood” are the uses of emotive language in this sentence.
- The defenseless victims were attacked in the cover of night.
- The phrases “ defenseless victims” and “ cover of night ” and the word “ attacked” are the uses of emotive language in this sentence.
- In each example the emotive words do not need to be used to communicate a fact. However, this diction creates an emotional response in the audience.
Emotive words
Some words evoke a strong emotional reaction in the majority of readers or listeners. They hold a certain weight that is hard to ignore. Some examples of these are:
- Adjectives- Appalling, Wonderful, Magical and Tragic.
- Abstract Nouns- Freedom, Pride, Justice, Love and Terror.
- Verbs- Destroyed, Vindicated, Saved, Betrayed and Adored.
- Emotive Adverbs- Angrily, Defiantly, Proudly and Beautifully.
Examples of emotive language
This speech includes several examples of emotive language. For instance:
- The phrase 'I have a dream' uses personal pronouns, inviting those listening to share in King’s vision of a better world. This phrase is repeated emphatically throughout the speech.
- 'Brotherhood' is an abstract noun - a word describing an idea or concept. King uses this emotive phrase to appeal to the audience’s desire for the things that 'brotherhood' represents - acceptance, equality and community.
- King also uses metaphorical language, describing the state of Mississippi as ‘sweltering’ with injustice and describing the cool ‘oasis’ of freedom that it could be. Using sensory descriptions of heat helps to illustrate the difficulty of the struggle for civil rights, as well as reminding his audience what they are striving for. This section of the speech is intended to motivate civil rights activists to keep protesting for their rights.