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    Euphemisms are expressions that are less offensive, disturbing, or troubling than the words they replace. They are often used to make sensitive topics more appropriate or to make the speaker more comfortable. Nazi propaganda extensively used euphemisms to obscure the atrocities being committed against Jewish people, referring to the "Final Solution" and "concentration camps." Similarly, the community in The Giver uses euphemisms like "released" and "elsewhere" to avoid acknowledging difficult realities. The document provides examples of euphemisms commonly used in modern culture and their more direct replacements.

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    Euphemisms are expressions that are less offensive, disturbing, or troubling than the words they replace. They are often used to make sensitive topics more appropriate or to make the speaker more comfortable. Nazi propaganda extensively used euphemisms to obscure the atrocities being committed against Jewish people, referring to the "Final Solution" and "concentration camps." Similarly, the community in The Giver uses euphemisms like "released" and "elsewhere" to avoid acknowledging difficult realities. The document provides examples of euphemisms commonly used in modern culture and their more direct replacements.

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    Euphemisms

    A euphemism (YOO-fa-miz-um) is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive,


    disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or to make it less
    troublesome for the speaker. Often times, they are used to make a sensitive topic more
    appropriate in polite society.

    Nazi propaganda was filled with the use of such terminology, partly to hide the horrible acts that
    were being perpetrated against the Jewish people. Below are a few examples of such
    euphemisms. They mask much blunter, more direct and honest language.

    • Final Solution
    • Shower
    • concentration camp

    The Community within The Giver uses these carefully coined phrases in order to


    "protect" its members from what they perceive to be troublesome realities
    ● released ~stirrings
    ● elders ~elsewhere

    DIRECTIONS: Underline or highlight or color the euphemisms in


    the following sentences that are commonly used in our culture
    today. Then, on the line, write the more truthful phrase in its
    place.

    1. _________________________Elizabeth excused herself from the table and asked


    where she might be able to powder her nose.
    2. _________________________Barry said that he was sorry to hear that his
    neighbor’s mother had passed away.
    3. _________________________Jerry, who enjoyed a good job as a sanitary worker,
    had been excited to hear of his raise.
    4. _________________________Despite the fact that she was vertically challenged,
    the teacher was respected and feared by many students.
    5. _________________________Because Emily was visually impaired, all of her work
    needed to be translated into Braille.
    6. _________________________It was announced that yet another soldier was killed
    by friendly fire in Iraq today.
    7. _________________________Sarah was devastated to learn that her parents
    planned to put down her cat, Miffy.
    8. _________________________Lexus often advertises for their pre-owned vehicles
    on the radio.
    9. _________________________Because he was not performing at the expected
    level, Harold was held back in the third grade.
    10. _________________________Due to a minor flaw in judgment, Billy wound up in a
    Name_________________________________________date_______________
    correctional facility for three years.

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