Provide an example of how attitudes about power can be built into language by certain roots or the structure of language

What will be an ideal response?

"Human," "chairman," "fireman," are all words that use "he" as the generic basis to mean human. So when people think about "human" they are more likely to think of a human as a man.

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Research should occur throughout the entire speech construction process

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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____________ is an expression that substitutes a part for the whole, or a property of something for the thing itself

a. Metaphor b. Simile c. Understatement d. Metonymy

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