An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language: Learn to Hear What's Left Unsaid

by Almossawi, Ali
ISBN: 9781615198405
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Overview

It's not what you say, it's how you say it . . .

In by far the largest protest yet, tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the city's streets on Friday.
The actual count was 250,000 protestors.Why tens of thousands, then, and not a quarter million?

The grocer takes woke orders on its brands from a 17-year-old.
The 17-year-old's point of view is apparently not worth considering. At what age will it be?

Rabbits zapped three badgers in an ambush last night; the event happened hours after six rabbits in a neighboring town lost their lives.
Were the rabbits the sole participants in losing their own lives? Those silly rabbits . . .

Old Mr. Rabbit is your guide to these and many, many more examples of misleading or biased phrasing in An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language. Brought to life by Ali Almossawi and Alejandro Giraldo (the team behind internet-darling An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments), he cautions readers against:

  • grammar that omits the responsible parties (Who killed those poor rabbits?)
  • weasel words like "depopulation" (forced migration, perhaps?)
  • hyperbole that shifts our focus ("The former First Lady flayed, sliced, and diced the current President in her speech"? How mean )
  • . . . and badgers.
It takes a long pair of ears to hear what's left unsaid--but listening for it makes all the difference.
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Almossawi, Ali
  • ISBN: 9781615198405
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.17 x 0.47
  • Number Of Pages: 96
  • Publication Year: 2021