Sunday, March 11, 2012

Week 7: Discussion Question #3


One concept that caught my attention this week was expressive language, which “communicates feelings and attitudes and is used to bring about an emotional impact on the listener” (Boss, pg 63). This type of language is popularly noted in religion and poetry. I am taking a creative writing class this semester, and we are currently studying poetry. The strength of poetry is when the listeners reminisces about memories or feel the emotions of the poem. One time, a poem was read to us by the poet, and by the end of the reading, I was thinking about the happiness I felt playing as a young child with my friends and how we let our imagination take us to a whole new world. It kind of shocked me how deeply it affected me because I never knew words could bring about such feelings. This type of expressive language is very unique and powerful, and is good for all of us. Reliving my happy memories always reminds me that I should live within the moment and make the best out of every situation.

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