Authors use specific words to communicate secret messages. By investigating the text and analyzing the author’s diction, you will discover many “secret massages” that you did not notice when first reading it. Specific words that an author uses can reveal their perspective or bias. In the historical text that we discussed in class there were a number of works that revealed the author’s perspective. We can see some examples in the titles of each passage. For example, “Indians are CHEATED,” points out that the author favors the Indians over the Americans. It shows that the author believes that it was an unfair victory and that there was some reason that they should not have originally won. Also, another example would be, “Chivington MASSACRES the Cheyenne.” Massacres is a strong word that has a negative connotation. It portrays the idea that innocent people were wrongfully killed, or it was genocide. Next, in the phrase, “The Indians wars have SKILLFUL leaders,” it is interesting to notice the author’s word choice. Skillful has a positive connotation. The reader could think that the leaders could be dangerous because they know how to use tool to hurts others.
What other Secret Messages are discovered from word choices made by an author appear in this historical text or other texts? What about political speeches?
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I agree with Kimber about how reading headlines and articles again reveal secret messages and bias from the author. Also in speeches candidates will wear certain clothes to appeal to a group of people. Depending on where they are speaking they will wear a suit and tie or they might have an shirt with no tie on. It all depends on where and who they are speaking to.
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