Go over Test #24.

Warm Up.
Copy the definition, and then copy each euphemism and try to translate it.
Euphemism (n - U FEM ISM):
A "nice" way of saying something (usually) unpleasant.
Examples: passed on = died, sanitation engineer = garbage man.

1. visually disabled
2. involuntary servitude
3. solid waste (Not that!)
4. landfill
5. economically disadvantaged
6. undocumented transborder migrant
7. Euthanasia is a euphemism that literally means ________ _________. (Hint: the eu prefix means good.)

Poem #435
by Emily Dickinson

Much Madness is divinest Sense--
To a discerning Eye--
Much Sense--the starkest Madness--
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail--
Assent--and you are sane--
Demur--you're straightway dangerous--
And handled with a Chain--

assent = say yes
demur = say no
discerning = showing good judgement
starkest = most obvious
divinest = most perfect

A) What does she mean?
B) Is she right when she says, "'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail"?

Think of a time from history when there was a clash of two very different cultures. What usually happens?
If someone unusual-looking came to your door claiming to be from another planet, what would you do? What would you need as proof?

"The Earth Men"
by Ray Bradbury
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